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| dema:
--- Quote from: RandyT on March 01, 2005, 02:57:32 pm --- --- Quote from: dema on March 01, 2005, 01:52:50 pm ---Sorry if this is off topic, but I hadn't given it any thought before reading this thread. How difficult is it to hook up a 49 way? I know nothing about them, and my search didn't yield any information. Is it the same as any other joystick? Someone said something about soldering. --- End quote --- The one pictured is simple. You can use the bottom row of holes on the connector of an old floppy drive cable. The floppy connector is the same size as the edge of the board on the 49-way, so it even looks nice when attached. I have a nice close-up photo of the wires on mine. I'll post it and show which wires to cut/use when I find some time. RandyT --- End quote --- Very cool idea. I'm looking forward to the product. I'll email you some other newbie questions in the coming days before I order the encoder. |
| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: dema on March 01, 2005, 03:00:31 pm ---I'll email you some other newbie questions in the coming days before I order the encoder. --- End quote --- If you post them here, or start a NEW thread entitled "n00b questions about 49-ways" then EVERYBODY will get the answers at once, and RandyT will only have to answer them once. |
| SirPoonga:
What questions do you have? between these two sites you can find most of the technical info on 49ways http://epg3.tripod.com/sinistar.html http://urebelscum.speedhost.com/49waySticks.html |
| dema:
I was wondering if the GP-Wiz49 was compatible with other encoders. I bought and intended to use a couple mini-pacs but now I don't know if they'll serve a purpose. I'm guessing the Wiz49 needs the buttons and sticks to run through it so it can change the digital restrictor modes and use the stick. I figure I can use the minipac for the spinner and trackball, but can I also hook other buttons that I don't intend to use to swap modes up to them (if I actually needed more)? I just wasn't sure how this affected other encoders. Also, stemming from this I wasn't sure if I needed one or two encoders. Again this would depend on whether certain buttons can run through the mini-pac or not. Does the 49 way require any power, like the P360s, or is it fine on its own? And would I need to change the version of MAME I'm running in order to read the 49 way's directions? |
| NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: dema on March 01, 2005, 04:16:10 pm ---I was wondering if the GP-Wiz49 was compatible with other encoders. --- End quote --- It SHOULD work fine. They are separate devices. Unless there is an unexpected conflict of some sort, it shouldn't be any different than having a gamepad hooked up with the mini-pac--which is known to work. --- Quote --- I bought and intended to use a couple mini-pacs but now I don't know if they'll serve a purpose. --- End quote --- They will let you hook up your trackball and spinner, as you mentioned in your original post. Alternately, you could sell them and use a single mouse hack from Oscar, and wire it up using the switching circuit diagrammed on his website. --- Quote --- I'm guessing the Wiz49 needs the buttons and sticks to run through it so it can change the digital restrictor modes and use the stick. --- End quote --- Yes, unless you hook up a "programming device" like we were discussing earlier in this thread. --- Quote --- I figure I can use the minipac for the spinner and trackball, but can I also hook other buttons that I don't intend to use to swap modes up to them (if I actually needed more)? I just wasn't sure how this affected other encoders. --- End quote --- They should all be seen as separate devices, so SHOULD work together. You should also be able to hook up any extra buttons to the Mini-pac, if necessary. --- Quote ---Also, stemming from this I wasn't sure if I needed one or two encoders. Again this would depend on whether certain buttons can run through the mini-pac or not. --- End quote --- You need one GP-Wiz49 for each 49-way you plan to use. I can't tell if you are planning for one or two sticks, but each needs its own interface. --- Quote ---Does the 49 way require any power, like the P360s, or is it fine on its own? --- End quote --- It gets its power through the interface. The reason that the P360 needs external power is that there is not interface board for it. It hooks directly to the encoder. --- Quote --- And would I need to change the version of MAME I'm running in order to read the analog directions? --- End quote --- I THINK that 49-way support is built into command line MAME, but will be corrected by someone shortly if it isn't. |
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