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Witchboard:
Here's my limitations.  I really don't have an option.  I'm using an old laptop... no game port, and DOS, no USB.  I think that pretty much leaves either a keyboard hack or a PS/2 encoder.  
Bgnome:
do you have an available lpt port?  will you be using windows?
if so, you can make a digital CP of sorts by hooking up your microswitches directly to the lpt port and use ppjoy, much like the gameport adapter shifty mentioned.
SirPeale:
ArcadeOS supports P1 and P2 together to exit the game.
crashwg:
There's a arcade style joystick that someone used to make that had a PS2 port pass-thru connector for your keyboard...  It was programable by holding the button and typing the key on the keyboard...  Can't remember what it was call...  :-\

I'm pretty sure they stopped making them a LONG time ago but I think it had some sort of younger brother sorta thing that was a game pad, not sure if it did the same thing.  Feel free anyone to chime in and tell him what I'm talking about.  Who knows maybe someone's sellin' one on eBay.

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AHA!  I figgured it out, it's call PowerRamp!  Made by Act-Labs.  There's actually a write up about them on this verry site.  What'ya know.  Go HERE for more information about it.

Oh and go HERE for one that's currently on ebay.  It doesn't have the very important cable but at least we know they're sometimes available, right?

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Found PowerRamp Mites available!  Check HERE

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Witchboard:

--- Quote from: Bgnome on October 25, 2004, 08:31:51 pm ---do you have an available lpt port?  will you be using windows?
if so, you can make a digital CP of sorts by hooking up your microswitches directly to the lpt port and use ppjoy, much like the gameport adapter shifty mentioned.

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Yeah, I'll have the lpt port and a com port, but I'll be running DOS.


--- Quote ---ArcadeOS supports P1 and P2 together to exit the game.
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Cool.  That's what I was looking for.  Thanks Peale.


--- Quote ---Found PowerRamp Mites available!  Check HERE
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Very interesting.  Thanks crashwg.
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