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Nephasth:


--- Quote from: nick3092 on December 11, 2010, 09:29:01 am ---Along with my NES, SNES, N64 and GC ports. 

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Have you visited retrousb.com? I love using classic controllers, but I like the idea of a univeral port on my cabinet. I'll be converting my classic controllers to have usb connections.

Blanka:

They are inside the cabinet. No idea why you would want to have access to them.

nick3092:


--- Quote from: Nephasth on December 11, 2010, 09:36:24 am ---
--- Quote from: nick3092 on December 11, 2010, 09:29:01 am ---Along with my NES, SNES, N64 and GC ports. 

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Have you visited retrousb.com? I love using classic controllers, but I like the idea of a univeral port on my cabinet. I'll be converting my classic controllers to have usb connections.

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Yeah.  And actually, I bought pairs of their NES/SNES/N64 adapters.  But I didn't want to hack up any of my controllers, and I didn't want to have to have extra converters laying around.  Plus this way the USB HID "controllers" are always present, so I have consistent joystick ID's when it comes to assigning controllers in the various emulators.  My main interface is a GPWiz 40 and I found windows likes to renumber the joysticks when you plug/unplug new ones in, screwing things up.

I went with Raphnet's interfaces.  He sells some premade adapters, but I just ordered the PCB kits and soldered everything up myself.  He has a 4 player (S)NES kit, so I was able to connect both my NES and SNES ports up with one USB cable, and the N64/GC kit supports one of each controller, so I only needed 2 kits for those 4 controllers.  He also has an Intellivision conversion kit that I would like to do once I get my hands on a spare and/or broken Intv.  That one will have to have to remain USB.

nick3092:


--- Quote from: Blanka on December 11, 2010, 09:46:19 am ---They are inside the cabinet. No idea why you would want to have access to them.

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For me personally, I plan to use them for plugging in additional controllers, plugging in a USB thumb drive/USB HDD to install additional software, etc... without having to open up the access door to the PC and plug things in there.

Blanka:

I use remote access and an occasional Bluetooth keyboard for that. Way more convenience than attaching al kind of stuff to your cabinet.

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