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markrvp:

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--- Quote from: markrvp on May 12, 2005, 02:48:37 pm ---
To use 2 trackballs simultaneously in Windows 98SE for 2 player games like Marble Madness:
I understand that I can use an Optipac connected USB and a current regular MAME build?
Is this also true for 2 separate USB mice (with trackballs hacked in) for regular MAME, or do I have to use MAME Analog+ when not using the Optipac?


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An Opti-PAC just shows up as 2 USB HID devices under windows 98SE so you can use two separate USB HID devices (hacked mice) with regular mame and have the same results.


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Krick:

Thanks for the info and your patience with me.
Tiger-Heli:
>Thanks for the replies.  My project for the summer is to build a replica Pacman cocktail >table.  the computer I'll use to run MAME is a PIII 500 MHZ with 512K ram.

512M Ram or 512K?  if M, you're right on the dividing line.  I would use whichever OS was available (but you can illegally run the same copy of 98SE on multiple machines, so . . .)
 
>I don't plan to run any games made later than 1987 or so on it, mainly for Pacman, >DonkeyKong, and other vertical classics from the early 80s.

Use an older MAME to help the processor then (except for the dual trackball stuff).

>Is this clear, or did I confuse everybody as much as myself?

Like Krick said, regular MAME for an opti-pac or two trackballs.  Where the Opti-pac shines is for a spinner and a trackball on the same panel, as they are both available but not both active.

Another problem with dual mouse hacks over the Opti-PAC is they may swap positions on a re-boot, if both the same brand and plugged into the same mobo port.  I think this can be avoided by using different USB ports (two USB jacks on a port).
markrvp:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 12, 2005, 04:29:02 pm --->Thanks for the replies.
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millercentral:
BTW, the latest version of AdvanceMAME (0.96.0) supports multiple USB mice in XP.
Steve Kaz:
I'm not sure that this is the right place for this, but i don't feel important enough to start my own thread on the subject.

Anyway, my UAII cab is almost built and i just acquired a PIII with Windows 98 for free to use as my machine.  I want to start thinking about the control panel now, so i can get everything running soon.

I like the Slikstick Quad and was thinking of ordering their blank control panel and then doing all the wiring myself.  The thing is, i don't have any experience with wiring (the most i've done is for my surround sound system and entertainment center at home, and that's a different animal). 

I figured i'd get the Happ mouse, two 360 optical joysticks for fighting games and two of the rotating 8 way sticks to play Ikari Warriors, a spinner, and some sort of 4 way joystick.  I'm assuming that i'll need both an IPAC and the Optipak or a Keywhiz.

Does that sound too ambitious for a first timer?  I really don't want to order everything and not be able to finish it or get it to work.

Thoughts?  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance
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