No I was not aware of this site, but looks like some good resources. I'll have a look there and report back any findings.

Thanks!

Good day forum. I picked up a "Lordsvale Leisure" Neo-Geo MVS cabinet (apparently it was popular in the UK?). It has rather odd "club style" joysticks, but appear to be original, due to the size of the hole cut out of the CP. They work fine, but do not "auto return". I'm trying to figure out whether they are missing a spring (because there were no springs installed when I got the machine). I've tried placing a spring in the obvious place on the shaft, but then it seems, jammed (too stiff). Does anyone have an exploded view of a "standard" Neo joystick (if there's such a thing?). Perhaps I'm trying the wrong size spring... Or perhaps there was never a spring. Perhaps it relied on the rubber grommit... Like the Pacman joystick.... Any advise would be great:-)

Thanks for reading.

I just got hold of another universal cabinet last week, and this will be a dedicated vertically orientated monitor. I  use "Groovy Arcade" under Linux (it installs very easily from the all-in-one ISO). From what I've read, changing orientation is as easy as it is using normal command line MAME. Not sure if you want a nice looking front end, or juat plain stable and quick functionality, but Groovy Arcade works very well for me. Not very fancy looking though, but worth a look if you havent seen it before. Good luck with your vertical cab...