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| CheffoJeffo:
Best thing to do is start reading the wiki ... |
| Cynicaster:
Unless you're hell-bent on making it into a science project, just buy an iPac. They're what, like $40? Well worth it. |
| GregD:
Or a Keywiz..... |
| BadMouth:
I hacked a $7 gamepad just for the learning experience. Ended up using it in a 1 player cab that had a 4-way stick, 2 action buttons, 1 & 2 player buttons, coin, & escape. There is a tutorial on here somewhere about doing a cheap gamepad hack. MALA automatically launches on bootup, games can be selected and exited, & MALA shuts down the PC on exit. No keyboard hooked up to the cab unless something needs tweaked. (MAME is the only emulator on the cab) Unfortuneatly, the gamepad I used required you to press an analogue/digital mode button to use the d-pad and I didn't have enough inputs without using it. So I had to add another button on top the cab for that and it has to be pressed every time the machine is turned on. :angry: If I had it to do over again, I'd still hacked the pad for a learning experience, but I'd used an eco-wiz in the cab: http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_80&products_id=200 EDIT: Here's the link to the gamepad hack thread: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=84548.0 |
| paigeoliver:
Buy a proper encoder of some sort, there are cheaper ones than the I-Pac. Keyboard and gamepad hacks just aren't worth the headaches. Not to mention the fact that they tend to be fragile in nature. |
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