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Marky_1979:
Im a newbie but thats not to say I dont have some ideas as to what im doing.
I have yet to construct my cabinet, but as i have been slowly but surely gathering information and researching I feel im ready... Well its been 4 months now and I just wanna get it started.
I have a few issues that I hope you could all help with and im sure as the weeks go on i'll have a few more.
To date I have ordered all the main parts from Happs, ultimarc, hagstrom etc still waiting on my trackerball/coindoor to arrive.
Im looking at a similar design to the one i found on this site http://netbox.home.mindspring.com/arcade/
So here goes i'll list my questions and see what happens hopefully you will be able to help.
1. Is there a way of starting my pc via the use of a push button rather than having to open the machine everytime i want to turn it on?
2. How would I light my translucent trackerball and coindoors Iv been told led's would work is this true and if so how would I power them?
3. I have 2x8 way and 1x4 way joysticks would a spinner be of use what games would I use this with (Paperboy,720?)and how could I conect this to my system im using the hagstrom ke72-t.
As yet these are the main issues bothering me but you can bet once I get this underway i'll open a whole new world of pain got a feeling this is gonna be a tricky project.
Thanks for your time - Marky
teef two:
Marky,
I'd firstly search this board for points 1 and 2. Look at the first few theads on this board too as pointers for newbies.
I don't know that much about your encoder but I suspect you could not attach an optical device to it (i.e. trackball or spinner) as it is meant to be a keyboard emulator. If you buy a spinner from Oscar controls you can get a usb interface which will make it look to the PC like a mouse. As to what spinner games there are, well another search here is in order as well as looking at www.klov.com
If you have bought an opti-pac from ultimarc then you can connect spinner and trackball to that.
Anyway, search first and then come back if you still have more questions.
Tiger-Heli:
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Paperboy was basically an analog joystick. (interface wise).
Spinner games - 720
Tempest
Driving games (especially those wanting 360-degree wheels)
Blasteroids
Arkanoid
Lots more that I can't think of now.
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The KE-72T has a trackball interface, the KE-72 does not. The spinner would connect the same way as using only one axis of the trackball. However, I don't think you can connect "both" a spinner and trackball to one KE-72T
Hoagie_one:
To answer questions 1. YES. About a dozen ways. Many people would recomend the smart strip power strip so all peripherals come on at once and just wiring your pc's power button to an external Pushbutton.
Marky_1979:
Thanks Guys I have the KE72 T Mainly for the trackball support but can i also attach a spinner or would I need another way of interfacing it?
Where would I find this powerstrip?? and would I need to open up my tv to wire it all up to power up at the same time.