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Mameotron:
Keyboard hack.  It was free, and fun to build.  Had to do some research to dispel myths about ghosting and key blocking, though.  Best source of info is the articles right here on BYOAC.
brained:
I'm going with the keyboard hack. It was fun to build, if I get tired someday. I'll buy  a keywiz ;)
Minwah:
IPAC - Easy to use, works great, good support and it's from England (where I live) - I've no need to look elsewhere  ;D
Bloinkxp:
Keywiz.
RandyT provides awesome support to newbs in need.
I have the "older" 1.0 KW Standard.
The programing interface is great, I can switch profiles on the fly...what more do can I say.

-d
SirPeale:
I voted J-PAC because it's a really easy solution for JAMMA cabs.  However, I wish I could vote more than once, because I've used different solutions for different cabs.

Two J-PACs for two seperate JAMMA cabinets.

One KeyWiz (which I might sell, not because I don't like it, but a keyboard hack in the cab it's in makes more sense) in a Moon Patrol conversion.  One player interface.

One keyboard hack for a Galaxian conversion.  Plays only games which that style controls.

One keyboard hack for an upcoming Taito multigame.  It'll run Jungle King/Hunt, Elevator action...not sure what else, exactly, haven't gone thru the rest of the really classic Taito games.

I've been toying with the idea of a *mouse hack* cabinet.  Make it a Centipede/Arkanoid cab.  No keyboard whatsoever.  Trackball controls the player, three buttons (one for start, one for fire and one for credits).  Tried it in theory and it works.
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