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49 way questions...
80sChild:
Looks like I'll be going with the 49 ways... haven't heard anyone unhappy with them as opposed to what I hear from tstik owners.
Like I said I'll probably turn the cocktail into 4 player so I could make players 3&4 tstiks, and still use the GP-WIZ49. The same wouldn't be true if I started off with tstiks...
Thurman:
I've got to jump in with a few questions also...... I'm planning on using 2 49-ways and a Happs 3" trackball on my control panel, plus I'd like to add a spinner sometime in the future. So it looks like I'll have to buy 2 GP-Wiz 49s for the 2 controllers. But I don't think that these will be able to handle the Happs trackball, correct? Is there a better solution to the control panel I'm trying to build?
Hoagie_one:
you could get the usb mouse hack from oscarcontrols.com for the trackball
markrvp:
--- Quote from: Thurman on May 09, 2005, 02:03:41 pm ---I've got to jump in with a few questions also...... I'm planning on using 2 49-ways and a Happs 3" trackball on my control panel, plus I'd like to add a spinner sometime in the future.
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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: markrvp on May 09, 2005, 02:35:34 pm ---Look at the picture below.
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No picture!
--- Quote ---You would also need another mousehack for the spinner. OR, you can get one Optipac from Ultimarc and plug both your trackball and spinner into that.
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Or you can use one mouse hack and wire both the spinner and trackball to it with a DPDT switch as shown here.
Or I think you can wire both spinner and trackball to the same hack without the switch but they will both be active and will "fight" over the cursor. (Confirm this with OSCAR, though, as I might remember a reason this doesn't work).
* Tiger-Heli thanks popcorrin for correcting my error below!
--- Quote ---And that would be everything you need (besides wire) to interface the joysticks, trackball, spinner, and up to 56 buttons in your cabinet.
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Errrrrm, 23x2 = 46 last I checked, plus the 4 butttons on the Opti-pac or up to six on the two OSCAR hacks equals 50 or 52 buttons, not 56.
Good info otherwise, markrvp!!!