No its not a joke, and I certanly are not promoting piracy.
I thought I mentioned that in my original post.
I wouldnt want to copy the residual program that is on the ipac board, but to just get the board to function the same
I must say that I hope those who are acusing me of piracy, own all the roms that they play.

Is it wrong to have another brand of a similar product? Ford, Chev, Mercedes, etc, they all have four wheel and carry passengers. Did they all pirate from the first car ?
Maybe we should all drive chevy cars and ban the rest, because only one player should have the market. Hey I got an idea, why doesnt the government just issue us all with blue overalls to wear.
Thanks Andy for your comments. I guess if I help you with your car it will become an open source project, like I am proposing this to be. I did mention that the kits would be sold at cost didnt I. ( That means no profit ) I didnt realsie the cypress chip was made for just one customer? I wasnt asking for someone to do the whole job, I am prepared to design the circuit board and source the componenents and get them built up. I was just asking for programming help. A small portion of the job.
It was said I wont get much love from the community, I dont want thier love, I just want to be able to provide us all with a viable alternative to ipac. I dont know if you know , but to buy an ipac in Australia costs $80 + 10% tax
I find this hard to accept when you can go out and buy a fully working USB gamepad for $15 (Brand new, out of the box). I would guess there isnt much difference ?
There is an irony when you can buy a secondhand computer (capable of running MAME) for less than the cost of an ipac

While I know Randy would not welcome any competition, I am sure he would also understand that we live in a open market society where we are free to compete against each other. ( So long as we dont contravene any copyright laws.)
I STESS STRONGLY THAT I AM NOT PROMOTING PIRACY, JUST COMPETITION
EDIT: When I look at the spirit of MAME I get the idea that we are a support group for each other. MAME is free, there are countless cabinet plans to download free, there are many support front end software downloads for free, most of the components are very cheap or at reasonable prices. It was my thinking to join in and provide yet another component in the spirit of MAME. Not to be sold at profit, just at cost.
So whats so bad about that ? (Genuine question)