would this setup work?

[apu95]

im considering building a machine as a project for my summer break. i got the ok from the old folks :p so i just have to get the pieces together now.

im thinking of having it two player wish 6 buttons each, plus a 1 and 2 player start button.  i wanna have a keyboard as well as the joysticks at the same time, so im not sure which would be the better way to go.

would it be better to use a USB keyboard and use the keyboard port for the joysticks or just use the keyboard port for the joysticks and keyboard using a splitter?

thx!
Apu

[AlanS17]

Get a PS/2 keyboard encoder (for the controls) with a USB keyboard.

[apu95]

thx

question, tho. if im gonna be using both the ps2 keyboard input as well as a usb input, wont windows pose a problem for that since im sending keyboard "signals" from both usb and ps/2?

thx again!

[kevin]

The IPAC also has a keyboard pass-through on it, so if you go that route you can plug a keyboard into the IPAC, and the IPAC into your ps2 port.

-Kevin

[Tiger-Heli]

question, tho. if im gonna be using both the ps2 keyboard input as well as a usb input, wont windows pose a problem for that since im sending keyboard "signals" from both usb and ps/2?

AFAIK, no it won't.

[AlanS17]

thx

question, tho. if im gonna be using both the ps2 keyboard input as well as a usb input, wont windows pose a problem for that since im sending keyboard "signals" from both usb and ps/2?

thx again!

There shouldn't be any problem using the 2 in conjunction. However, kevin brings up a good point. All Ultimarc encoders have a pass-through port.

[pointdablame]

having two keyboards won't cause a problem using windows.  The only possible thing I could think of is hitting the same "key" on both the arcade controls and keyboard, but I would imagine it would either just press the key or not register a key at all.  That wouldnt really matter though, as I can't think of a reason you would have your keyboard out at the same time you were  using your joystick/buttons.

The same would go for mice.  You can plug in a PS2 and usb mouse, or 2 usb mice, and they would just control the same cursor, with the only problems occuring when you try to move both mice at the same time.

[apu95]

thanks for all the replies

as for buttons, which are your preferred choice? i found a very good distributor here in canada (in toronto) which can provide me with any button, but im not sure which type to choose.

thx!

[Tiger-Heli]

thanks for all the replies

as for buttons, which are your preferred choice? i found a very good distributor here in canada (in toronto) which can provide me with any button, but im not sure which type to choose.

thx!

From Happ - Avoid the vertical (Ultimates).  The Horizontal microswitch (concave) are mainly preferred.  Some people like the convex Competition buttons for fighters.

Apart from Happ, it's more a question of who made the microswitches.