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SideShow Rob:
The minipac will support 2 mouse buttons...left and right.

Check out:

http://www.ultimarc.com/mp_inst.html

You will see the mouse button pins at locations 31 and 32....see below.
markrvp:
You are absolutely RIGHT!!!  I must be going blind.  I guess my mom was right, it does make you go blind. 

The Minipac looks like a GREAT solution for your cab.  Everything you will need to wire up your joys, buttons, trackball and spinner.
Lilwolf:
Few notes...

Consider going with the ipac2 + oscars hacked mouse over the minipac.  Why?  Well the easy cabling mainly.  I had a MK64 (discontinued but cabled from an IDE cable and SCSI cable) and just moved over... And the easy screw down terminals are REALLY GREAT. 

Normally I would say consider a minipac + the cable harness... this takes care of most of your problems right there... easy and done in a few minutes.  But it sounds like you will be combining the inputs for multiple sides (player 1 is on the left and the far side.  player 2 is the right and near side).  You wont get the advantages out of getting a pre wired solution since you will have to chop it all up.

NEXT...

consider adding a switch to break the ground wires to each control panel.  breaking the ground will disable all the controls from that ground out... So you can diable all of the left side at one time with one switch.  Why do you do this?  I used to have my 4way connected to my 8way... And when playing Streetfighter with some friends, when I was about to do a killing blow or they where stunned... they would grab the 4way and twart my super finishing move... IE defense....  Also annoying when your child while watching grabs a joystick and start messing your game up (also why I need to move my esc key from the side of the cabinet... my daughter has hit it when I got father then ever in a few games)

Last...

Good luck.  I really want a cocktail table... But I think I'm going to build a big one first... REALLY BIG.... (hopefully you will see this summer)....

Consider adding a switch on your system that will kill the ground to each control panel.  You will
CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote --- Also annoying when your child while watching grabs a joystick and start messing your game up (also why I need to move my esc key from the side of the cabinet... my daughter has hit it when I got father then ever in a few games)
--- End quote ---

Funny ... I was just lamenting this issue with my cocktail.

I have two small panels at either thin end for Head-to-Head verticals using 4-ways. Then a standard fighter layout on the front long side for everything else (no TB or spinner).

It drives my 5YO crazy when his little brother comes up and starts playing with the "other" P1  controls.

It would be pretty simple for me to add a switch on the grounds from each panel ... thanks!

;-D

Cheers.


Oh ... I also agree about IPac2 vs Minipac (although I haven't actually used a Mini ... I love the screwdowns too much) ... ease of wiring can save much time and anguish.
cholin:
I was planning on going with an Ipac 2 also.  I already bought some screw terminals though for like 50 cents, so when I saw the minipac, I asked myself, "Why the hell would I buy so many different things if one SMALL board can do the exact same thing, down to a tee with the screw terminals"

For my situation, it would be better to just say screw the terminals (pun intended) because I have my own.  I also want swappable panels, and have very complex ideas for what should be happening at all times, so it worked better for my case :D
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