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| rygar:
Well, I ordered all my controls, but I'm not sure which interface is the best for my situation. Here are my specs: Control Panel 32 buttons, 4 Happ Competition Joysticks Happ 3" Trackball Oscar Spinner (basically identical to this one, but with a few changes) Computer 6 USB Ports 2 PS/2 Ports Running WinXP, and all emulators are Win32 based. Now for the questions, what is the easiest way to interface these? I want to run the trackball as my mouse in Windows, and I'd like to have a real keyboard in the cabinet. Also, is there a single interface can handle 32 buttons + 4 competition joysticks? I don't have a preference between PS/2 and USB, I'm just looking for the easiest thing to setup for a newbie. Thanks in advance. |
| Apollo:
I-Pac4 and Opti-Pac both from www.ultimarc.com |
| Mugzilla:
What are the 32 buttons? I am assuming you want 7 buttons/player, leaving you with P1, P2, P3, P4 start buttons? |
| blue:
I'm going to go with Apollo on this one. For that many buttons and controls the I-Pac4 will be your simplest bet and least amount of hassel. |
| rygar:
--- Quote from: Mugzilla on May 11, 2004, 06:26:57 am ---What are the 32 buttons? I am assuming you want 7 buttons/player, leaving you with P1, P2, P3, P4 start buttons? --- End quote --- It's going to be set up very much like this: http://jakobud.com/images/mamecab/cp_front_med.jpg Two street fighter 6 button controls in the middle, and two 4 button controls on the ends. The extra buttons are for coins, start, esc, pause, and mouse. I need those since it will be running all sorts of emulators from NES to N64, and I'll need to escape fullscreen often. The Ipac-4 looks like a winner, thanks for the suggestions. Edit: I forgot to ask, what exactly is needed to hook the Happ trackball and Oscar spinner to the Opti-pac? Do they include the necessary cables, or do I need to buy a special one? I'm trying to avoid buying cables and accessories I don't need. I'm trying to round up all the parts I need for my CP minus the wire which I can buy locally. |
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