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Ive got a few newbie questions
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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: muell67 on October 26, 2004, 09:44:04 pm ---1. I know this has probably been asked before but I cant seem to find it. Can I hook a perfect 360 joystick to a I-pac or do I need the opti pac because its optical? Is there any soldering involved? Is there a good tutorial on this?

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Perfect 360's don't need an opti-pac.  They do need a +5V source, which you can steal from the I-PAC's LED header.  There's also the KeyWiz from www.groovygamegear.com which has a terminal for +5V out.   No soldering involved.  I think the main page of this site explains how to hook them up.  Basically, they need to be oriented correctly and then you connect wires to +5V, GND (on the encoder) and the four input terminals.  They are awkward to switch from 4-way to 8-way, if this is a concern, though.

--- Quote ---2. When hooking up a standard contol panel including happ buttons perfect 360 joystick and a seperate usb trackball and a I-pac is there any soldering involved or just crimping conections.

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Just crimping, although the trackball will require an opti-pac or www.oscarcontrols.com mouse hack to connect (or could be cheaper to buy this way than pre-made for USB.)

--- Quote ---My question is has anyone used melamine on ther cabinets we have sheets already attached to mdf and it seem like a cheeper alternative to laminate.

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Pretty sure it's been done.  Easier but probably less durable than laminate (not that it would matter).
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