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Which encoder do you use? and the main reason why
Hoagie_one:
--- Quote from: Peale on October 12, 2004, 10:37:22 am ---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.
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Which version and how much you want for it?
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 12, 2004, 10:44:02 am ---
--- Quote from: Peale on October 12, 2004, 10:37:22 am ---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.
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Which version and how much you want for it?
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It's the KeyWiz Standard. I'm still tossing the idea around. If I do decide to sell, I'll post in the FS forum.
Shifty:
I voted OTHER -- combination keyboard hack with my own gameport mod.
The gameport mod I made using 8 resistors and 4 microchip relays. No drivers required, it is the default 2-joystick configuration in Windows, which is two 8-way joysticks plus 2 buttons each joystick. I use the keyboard hack to round out the other 4 buttons each per player, and other misc buttons like P1, P2, etc. Total cost <$10, mostly for the relays.
I'll post a pic from my cab once I get them ready, it works great and you don't have to worry about any ghosting issues from the keyboard hack. it DID take awhile to get working though! ;D
Tilzs:
IPAC4. Great support, enough inputs, saves the custom config files, no problems with linux.
Chris:
Keyboard hack. At the time, I was trying to do the cabinet as cheap as possible, and I had an old keyboard with a 2" trackball, so I hacked both the KB and trackball. The keyboard, however, was an older style with actual switches rather than a small encoder board attached to a membrane, so I was soldering to the backs of the switches on the motherboard. I cut a hole in the keyboard case to run the wires out of and stuck the whole keyboard in my cabinet... it became both my encoder and my maintenance keyboard. :) My more recent keyboard hack is more standard, and I use a USB keyboard for maintenance.
I'm thinking of building a cocktail cabinet now; if I do, I'll move the KB hack to it and put an IPac in the main cabinet.
--Chris