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Cheap controller interfaces on eBay (UK)
Rick:
--- Quote from: Blanka on August 30, 2010, 10:25:08 am ---Ancient anyway. My computer has a USB port :angel:
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I'm sure you'll find a lot of us are 'ancient' here. I used to repair systems for a living, and started my life working inside 8086 boxes. Ah, the good old days. I can remember the day that MS-DOS 6.00 was released, and everybody was so excited. Then, we got our first copies in, and started filling the pre-orders. That's when I got busy... Installing 3.5" Floppy Drives in most of our Customer's boxes who ONLY had 5.25"! Good times, good times.
shrunkenmaster:
--- Quote from: notroubleclubber on August 30, 2010, 09:48:42 am ---Buy it now price is nearly the same as an ipac!
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Ipac including VAT & delivery (UK) tops £42. I'm sure some people on a tight budget would appreciate the potential chance to pay £9.49 for one of these.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Blanka on August 30, 2010, 10:25:08 am ---PS/2?
Ancient anyway. My computer has a USB ports :angel: for keyboards and controllers since a LONG time.
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My "off the shelf" Core2 Quad ASUS system with Win7 has a purple PS/2 Keyboard connector, and a bunch of USB ports. Not "ancient", just better equipped.
RandyT
bkenobi:
Looks like that's a keyboard hack that someone's done for you. It's worth around the starting bid price for the controller and a few dollars for the screw in terminals. I wouldn't pay much more than starting bid + shipping if it were me. The dedicated controllers that are available now from Ultimarc and GGG are MUCH improved over keyboard controls. But, the do cost a bit more.
If you can play everything you want with the keyboard and don't have issues with number of buttons you can press at any one time, this might be good enough.
Rick:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on August 30, 2010, 11:50:04 am ---If you can play everything you want with the keyboard and don't have issues with number of buttons you can press at any one time, this might be good enough.
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It does say, "The controller is taken from a HP KB-0316, and so it is a top class and modern keyboard encoder with Anti-Ghosting built in" right in the auction, so I'm not certain if it fixes what you're commenting on or not... I don't have the experience to say for certain.