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Absolutely gorgeous CP
dommer:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3085992868&category=49230
This thing is just amazing... is this anyone on here's handywork?
krick:
Yes it is beautiful, however, even though I'm incredibly anal-retentive about symmetry, I detest that kind of layout. Player 1s buttons are on the left of the joystick, player 2s are on the right. Ugh.
The one thing that caught my eye is the Targus port replicator they used. It allows 1 USB cable to take the place of potentially 5 cables that might be used in a normal mame control panel setup... 2 USB, 1 serial, PS/2 mouse, PS/2 keyboard (I-PAC). I've never seen that done in a control panel. I wonder if 1 USB port can handle all that (potential) traffic from all those devices at once.
http://www.targus.com/us/product_details.asp?sku=PA070U
"The USB Mobile Expansion Hub features a self-powered stand alone USB hub with two USB ports, a serial port, a parallel printer port, a mouse (PS/2) port, a keyboard (PS/2) port and a power connection."
dommer:
Aside from the buttons, the tron, spinner and 4way are so far up the cp as to be annoying to use (I unfortunately have the same issue with my cp). But from an aesthetics point of view, this thing is just amazing.
I doubt usability was his primary concern, assuming this is true: "This controller is one of only two in the world like it (the other one was built and customized for a high profile NBA player, you may see it on MTV Cribs one day).", then the original probably has seen less play than most CP's suck up in an afternoon. Just a show piece I'd bet, bling bling.
Magnet_Eye:
I think it sucks.
Who wants to be distracted by the inside of the CP when trying to play a game!?
Bah...seems cool at first, but realistically, I think it's crap.
Just my opinion, man.
:-\
maraxle:
--- Quote from: Magnet_Eye on March 28, 2004, 09:41:30 am ---I think it sucks.
Who wants to be distracted by the inside of the CP when trying to play a game!?
Bah...seems cool at first, but realistically, I think it's crap.
Just my opinion, man.
:-\
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I'm with you on that one. I think it's pretty nasty looking.