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drventure:


--- Quote ---What is the use of USB?
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--- Quote ---Aimtrak Lightgun might be a good reason.
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Definitely lightguns. I put in 2 usb ports for handheld controllers. They're nice for Gridwars and several other games I love to play that are more controller oriented.

I put in a couple of PS2 ports too, for dance pad controllers (Stepmania is fantastic!)

But they're all on the side of the cp, up near the top, so you really can't see em unless you look for em.

CrazyKongFan:


--- Quote from: Dafu on May 10, 2010, 09:46:54 pm ---
--- Quote ---All Im putting on mine is Escape and Tab
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Whats Tab for?

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To get into the MAME settings menu. While people say once you set it up you don't need to go in there, I find I'm always fiddling with settings, etc in mine. I have ESC, TAB and P available on the control panel (with small buttons out of the way so they don't get hit accidentally). And sometimes I'll fire up a game I haven't touched before, so the settings aren't necessarily set to what I want, so it's handy to have it accessible. I also have my coin mechs wired up and do keep some quarters handy, but since mine was an old cab that was gutted, it had some security bolt holes next to the coin door. Found a couple push buttons at Radio Shack that fit in them perfectly and wired them to the coin switches too, so I can use either one.


--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on May 10, 2010, 08:15:08 pm ---No love for "O" and "K" buttons?   ;D

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Heh, just flicking the joystick left and right does the same thing, so nope...no love for O and K :lol

MAME TIME:

if your using a ipac you dont need a tab button, hold player 1 and hit right on the joystick if im not mistaken. but hey if you wants then by all means i guess

severdhed:

pause and exit are the only admin buttons i would want on my panel.  I probably could do without the pause button as well, but i like a little symmetry.  anything else on the panel is just asking for trouble.  i had some shifted commands to do various functions (load/save/service menu/tab, etc) but even as shifted buttons, they were still getting activated accidentally by children.  yes, it is a little more convenient to have admin functions available on the panel, but the first time someone else plays your cabinet, you will soon regret it.  get yourself a wireless keyboard and use it for admin functions, you won't regret it

Ed_McCarron:


--- Quote from: CrazyKongFan on May 10, 2010, 10:38:31 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on May 10, 2010, 08:15:08 pm ---No love for "O" and "K" buttons?   ;D

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Heh, just flicking the joystick left and right does the same thing, so nope...no love for O and K :lol

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Old joke.  Next question is "Will it fit in my basement?"



--- Quote from: drventure on May 10, 2010, 10:27:32 pm ---I put in a couple of PS2 ports too, for dance pad controllers (Stepmania is fantastic!)

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Hm, I hacked a standard USB plug onto the dance pad and use the XBOX drivers for the PC.  You ever have trouble with the PC losing the pad?  Seems like once or twice a session it disappears and I have to unplug/replug the pad.


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