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D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Turnarcades on April 26, 2010, 10:11:11 am ---
--- Quote ---By completely I mean if I'm playing Arkanoid, I can close the game and start up Asteroids without having to re-wire or re-program anything).
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This is the part you are really confusing yourself on. MAME is configurable so you don't have to have the input for Arkanoid's 'fire' button set to a mouse button; in MAME's options menu, you set it to a keyboard key (ie. whatever you've mapped one of your Asteroids buttons to). You do not need an interface that even supports mouse buttons; the inputs marked 'mouse 1' and 'mouse 2' on the old mini-pac were a bit misleading as they actually refer to 2 of the numpad keys which act as mouse buttons when using the 'mousekeys' feature in windows.

So, you're options are either:
- Contact Andy at Ultimarc and ask for a harness to fit, or
- connect wires from your spinner directly to the appropriate pin-outs using my old modified mini-pac diagram below, or
- buy a spinner with it's own USB interface and cable (eg. TT2 from GGG or Tornado from Ultimarc)



Simple as that.

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I know all of that...

Again, I've spoken to Andy and he sent another e-mail letting me know what specific harness I need.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 26, 2010, 10:15:56 am ---I can't believe I'm still trying to help.  It seems unwanted but I'll still post it.

If you click the link that Andy sent you, it shows another link on the page.  Click it and scroll down to see this:


Replacement harness for older Mini-PAC    Price: $19.00       ADD ITEM TO CART

You're welcome.  Though I know you won't order that or will say it doesn't answer your question or whatever your excuse is now....

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I've already done that, thanks to Andy being clear about what I needed.


--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 26, 2010, 10:21:40 am ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on April 26, 2010, 09:54:30 am ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on April 26, 2010, 09:45:55 am ---
--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 26, 2010, 07:11:53 am ---Both harnesses is the answer.  Or wiring them without harnesses.  Since you are only using a small number of buttons, wiring them by hand as opposed to the harness may safe money at the expense of a little time.

I'm still right to say both harnesses.  No matter how much you don't or can't believe it, if you're hooking up buttons AND an optical control to the Mini-pac, whether it's used, new, old style, new style, or does hand stands while you post about it for years on end without doing anything, it doesn't change the answer.   :whap

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Don't get your panties in an uproar. I never contradicted your answer.(Even though it is still not the answer to my question). And no matter how many times I ask for a pointer to the specific harness(or harnesses) I need in this thread I get responses that have nothing to do with that question. So I might as well move on.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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Well what do you know. I just checked my e-mail and had a response back from Andy.

This is the older board and had a combined switch and trackball/spinner harness. If you need the harness, these can be ordered on this page: www.ultimarc.com/upgrade.html

Andy

So apparently you are wrong about me needing two harnesses... (Unfortunately the link Andy gave me was incorrect).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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It's arguing semantics, but it's two harnesses that terminate at one end. One harness goes to your spinner (that you won't connect anyway) and the other end goes to the buttons (that you will post about for years yet never doing anything about).  The other end plugs into the Mini-pac.  I see it as a harness for the optical and one for the switches/buttons.    :blah:

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It is not arguing semantics. If I had listened to you I'd have picked up two harnesses. And they would have both been incorrect for my Mini-PAC...

All the other info I didn't ask about was unnecessary.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Hoopz:

I didn't realize that Andy created two new harnesses when the Mini-pac moved to the new board.

Turnarcades:

You want help, people will elaborate as even the simplest question tends to lead to more. It's the nature of these boards as experienced users want to help, but only if you keep the attitude in check. :(

D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Turnarcades on April 26, 2010, 03:34:40 pm ---You want help, people will elaborate as even the simplest question tends to lead to more. It's the nature of these boards as experienced users want to help, but only if you keep the attitude in check. :(

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I agree people will tend to elaborate, but when their answers don't address the actual question it become a waste of time.

As for the attitudes, I assume you are referring to those "Audi Chick" remarks or the sarcasm from Hoopz, correct?

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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