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FractalWalk:


--- Quote from: Jkawch on June 17, 2004, 01:20:19 am ---...would it be possible to buy a type of switch that acts as an on/off (like a flip switch) and could act as the 'shift'?

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That shouldn't be an issue of the switch as that would simply be a toggle wired to the shift input. The problem is that it would act as if the shift key were continually pressed. I'm not sure how the I-PAC or the OS would react to that, but I don't think it should be a problem in MAME.

Another solution might be to use the I-Pac as normal and share inputs on the vertical and horizontal side like outlined before. Then set up a toggle switch between your controls and the I-pac.  I know just about nothing about wiring, but I would think you could just wire the vertical ground to one side of an On-On toggle and the horizontal ground to the other side and then the toggle gets wired to the I-PAC ground. Flipping the switch one way connects your vertical controls to the I-pac and flipping it the other way breaks that circuit and connects to your horizontal.  

Red= vertical controls
Yellow = horizontal control
Gree = toggle
Blue = I-pac

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