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iPAC QUESTIONS FROM A NEWB
wweumina:
--- Quote from: reptileink on March 19, 2011, 02:25:22 pm ---welllllllllllllll
I took the X-arcade out of the housing, extended some wires, etc, and now it only works with the xbox. No emulators. It's very weird, and was discussed here "way back when".
I guess my question is not clear.
I am going to strip down the whole X-arcade, and just re-use the sticks and buttons wired to the iPac. I am thinking that stripped down, the components will be just like any other buttons/sticks, correct?
or am I in a world of crap having to buy "actual" arcade components?? :-\
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You don't have to buy new buttons/joysticks, though if you've come this far it might not be a bad idea.
RE: the nervousness, just have a go. You'd struggle to do anything that would actually harm anything. Worst case scenario you would have to buy a couple of new bits (and I can't even think how you would manage that)
Epyx:
--- Quote ---I am going to strip down the whole X-arcade, and just re-use the sticks and buttons wired to the iPac. I am thinking that stripped down, the components will be just like any other buttons/sticks, correct?
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You will be fine...just need new wire and wire them to the IPAC. If you don't like the X Arcade microswitches you can replace those but it isn't necessary. Just get new wire and connectors to go to the existing microswitches on the X arcade end and wire it to the IPAC.
notroubleclubber:
--- Quote from: Sir Headless VII on March 19, 2011, 02:05:25 pm ---Can't an X-arcade plug into a pc anyways? What are you gaining from the ipac?
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this is what i was thinking. normally people replace the buttons and joysticks - not the encoder!
taylormadelv:
I personally really like x-arcade microswitch pushbuttons, I actually move the x-arcade micros around to my favorite games, I really like the way they feel.
The joysticks i don't like so much, I'd replace those.
Epyx:
--- Quote ---this is what i was thinking. normally people replace the buttons and joysticks - not the encoder!
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It's actually the encoder that many don't like, followed by the microswitches. I personally never noticed much lagging/ghosting on their encoder but that was me...using the IPAC now too which I prefer from a customization point of view but performance wise I never noticed much difference.