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MAME, DC, PS2, all-in-one cabinet.... my planned attempt
Negativecreep0:
--- Quote from: Rawker on April 15, 2004, 10:38:01 pm ---http://www.tripplite.com/products/product.cfm?productID=2033
found that, it should work as it's reversable and has a manual override.
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You sure those auto switches will work guys? cause they way they work they give control to a device for like a certain time 9,20 or 30 seconds then it looks again for who is supplying the juice. I don't want any lagging going on or anything like that in my play.
dema:
I thought about an auto-switch but I realized that there would probably be some recognition issues, especially because I plan to have the console and the PC powered on at the same time. Don't give up on the idea of swapping out the switch's dial or extending it to a different part of the cabinet. I think I'm going to go with Oscar Controls' MAME engraved spinner (which can be found at http://www.oscarcontrols.com/index_knobs.htm). It seems as easy as powering one unit on and the other off every time you want to play a game on another console or on the PC, probably even more so.
Rawker:
--- Quote from: Negativecreep0 on April 16, 2004, 12:53:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Rawker on April 15, 2004, 10:38:01 pm ---http://www.tripplite.com/products/product.cfm?productID=2033
found that, it should work as it's reversable and has a manual override.
--- End quote ---
You sure those auto switches will work guys? cause they way they work they give control to a device for like a certain time 9,20 or 30 seconds then it looks again for who is supplying the juice. I don't want any lagging going on or anything like that in my play.
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my understanding is that it sends the information to both, like one computer printing to two printers at the same time so the only conflict could be in what the buttons your pressing do on your computer.
Negativecreep0:
what do you mean by "by the buttons you press" ?? I would think that even if your pc is on at the same time as a DC or PS2, as long as your not running an emulator or anything like that has button presses, then the signal from the vid system will come through? I really want to get this issue resolved!!! ??? So i know which data switch to buy. I really Don't want to mess up my control panel by drilling a hole so that the knob can poke out.
Rawker:
i'm saying it'll work and if by some crazy chance it doesn't there is a manual override. i'm ordering one for my cp which goes to a dc and pc.
the button press thing is based on your key mapping and what's running on your computer, it's not like something bad could happen but when you switch back to your pc something could be running or you could have typed a letter to your grandma.
if you can wait say 2 weeks i will have physical proof.