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Cheap encoder for only 8 inputs?
Shifty:
A standard joystick in Windows is 8-way plus 4 buttons. You don't need any drivers for that, and you shouldn't need any for DOS mame, it should recognise the joystick. I've never tried pure dos with my joysticks though.
You just need a really basic joystick, or make your own -- I used 4 resistors and 2 relays to make a joystick for my cabinet. It's simple, as long as you have some basic electronics knowledge and are handy with a solder gun!
Bgnome:
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--- Quote from: whammoed on October 24, 2004, 12:22:04 pm ---I have a keyboard hack i never used for sale on ebay. Don't expect it to go for much so it could save you some time:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6126757950&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
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It might fetch more than you expected. A couple must want it kinda bad as I've been bid against like 5 times today.
Thank me later for getting you a decent price. ;)
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im glad he is getting some amount of credit for all that work. its already got the terminal strips and soldering, and includes a nice keymap and everything. $5 for all that would have been a shame..
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on October 24, 2004, 01:08:42 pm ---If you're only going to be using a 4-way joystick and two fire buttons, you shouldn't have to worry about key ghosting, so you can hack a keyboard to use the default Mame keys without hassle.
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Not necessarily, but see http://www.mameworld.net/emuadvice/keyhack2.html for all the details.
Witchboard:
--- Quote from: gap on October 25, 2004, 11:52:50 am ---The IPAC-VE (value edition) is $35 delivered.
What are your eight inputs, btw? The joystick will take 4 and you said there will be two player buttons. What are the remaining 2?
Escape button?
Pause button?
Credit (coin1) button?
Player 1 start button?
Player 2 start button?
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Player 1 start, player 2 start. I kinda forgot about the admin buttons. :-[ Will DOS Mame or a front end support two keys together to pop open the emu, or is that strictly with the encoder? Must beat head against wall now.
--- Quote ---You just need a really basic joystick, or make your own -- I used 4 resistors and 2 relays to make a joystick for my cabinet. It's simple, as long as you have some basic electronics knowledge and are handy with a solder gun!
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I've already got a J-Stick I'm going to use.
--- Quote ---Not necessarily, but see http://www.mameworld.net/emuadvice/keyhack2.html for all the details.
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Thanks for the link. I may just bite the bullet and get an economy encoder. We'll see.
Edit: Nah, I'll hack a keyboard. At most it will only be one or two more keys to map. Besides, I'd like to say that I've done it.
NoOne=NBA=:
I much prefer gamepad hacks because all the wiring is already there.
You just have to hook UP to UP, etc... and it all works.
That eliminates the whole "what's this do, where does that go" figuring out phase of the hack.