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| Popcorrin:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 10, 2005, 08:00:10 am --- 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. --- End quote --- |
| 80sChild:
The more I think about this... GP Wiz 49 kinda sucks for a cocktail... where you have to have the least amount of buttons possible. You'd have to have a shazaam button..a mode button..I don't really like the other ways of switching modes. A start button, and a credit button...cost is an issue and no coin door just yet. That would mean a lot of buttons on the underside of the control panels, which could get to be a pain. It's kinda hard to argue with the ultimarc products if youre building a cocktail..decisions...decisions. |
| Kremmit:
You don't have to have all those buttons. If you don't want a lot of buttons, then you won't ever need the shifted inputs, so you don't need a Shazaam button either. As for mode switching, the GP-49 now supports mode switching in software, so that won't require any extra buttons. Oh, wait, I see you said you don't like the other methods of switching- I assume that means software switching as well as the rotary switch solution. In that case, what Ultimarc products are you referring to? Ultimarc has no 49-way solution, and if you mean regular keyboard encoders or gamepad encoders, GGG has those, too. Maybe you mean the T-Stick+. If you don't mind the very different feel of the T, then it gets you the 8-way and 4-way modes, plus does a good job at simulating the rotated 4-way for Qbert and Congo Bongo, but it won't handle any of the 49-way or analog games. Also won't handle the rotary games, which can be tackled by adding Floyd10's rotary mod and a Druin's board to a 49-way setup. Up to you whether any of that matters to you or not. |
| 80sChild:
Ok just looked up the rotary switch function and I think its really cool... How does the connection at the rotary from the GP WIZ 49 go? In other words from where on the GP Wiz to where on the rotary do the wires go.. When modes are switched does it show up on screen? How do you know which mode you are presently in... |
| fl0yd:
I've never wired one this way, but I'd guess it goes like this: Common ground on the rotary goes to the ground on GP-Wiz A wire from each of the 8 positions on the rotary go to the 8 DRS mode connectors on the GP-Wiz. A button is still needed to "set" the mode, and the mode would be chosen by which place the rotary switch was in. (Thanks Randy) According to Randy, you can just ground the joymode pin eliminating the need for a button. So for example: If you had the rotary rotated to 4 way and you pressed the change mode button it would then be a 4-way stick. |
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