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Dave_K.:
The molex connector is just a male/female plug you use as your common interface for all hacked pads (hack each input to the same pin number).  Then just plug in whichever hacked pad you want to your control panel molex plug.

From your previous note it looks like now you are suggesting a switch box approach...that will work also since only one pad is connected at a time.  But its a little more difficult working with the smaller DB25 ribbon cable.  Be sure you buy (or make) a cable which has lines that go straight through (standard serial and parallel cables have some lines which cross).

Do a search on "switchbox" and you should pull up some older discussion threads.

psilocybster:
thanks for the help!

eightbit:

--- Quote from: Dave_K. on February 03, 2004, 12:21:38 pm ---Be sure you buy (or make) a cable which has lines that go straight through (standard serial and parallel cables have some lines which cross).

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Standard serial or parallel extension cables use all the pins and go straight through. Standard printer cables do switch pins and don't always use all of them. So get extension cables and they'll work fine. An extension cable has to use all the pins and has to go straight through or it wouldn't work as an extension cable.

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