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Adding a Dreamcast to my MAME cab

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jaydog:
oh, one other thing, I have absolut ely no soldering skills whatsoever, I saw one great soldering tutorial website about 4 months ago but I cant find it anywhere.  If any of you guys know of any detailed, yet simple to understand, websites on soldering please post them, thanx ;D

mw:
Here's a nice little .PDF soldering guide(266K)http://www.coopertools.com/literature/weller/55578.pdf

jeff dunn:
I tried doing this, but for some reason, when you share the same joystick b/t a dreamcast and a sidewinder (or whatever you're using), it suddenly doesn't pick up inputs from my sidewinder anymore.

i'm thinking of wiring up a bunch of switches b/t the two. i'm sure there's an easier way though.

btw, neither one of them have ever been powered at the same time.

Garvv:
Shared grounds can sometimes cause problems, you could try installing a switch which toggles between grounds for the two controllers.  You can test if this would work by just disconnecting the ground on the sidewinder, then using the controls with the DC controller, and vice versa.

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