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| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: RandyT on June 05, 2005, 06:42:27 pm ---Here's another option for you: Use a KeyWiz Eco and wire up 4 more (or however many you need) dual-diode "one-click Shazaaam" buttons. --- End quote --- This will work except Lilwolf didn't even want to pay the initial $20 for the Eco. I have a very detailed page on the theory and how-to (more than you need to know) at http://www.mameworld.net/emuadvice/keyhack2.html, and IMHO, Spystyle has the best "short and sweet" tutorial at http://spystyle.arcadecontrols.com/index79.htm |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on June 06, 2005, 06:37:01 am ---This will work except Lilwolf didn't even want to pay the initial $20 for the Eco. --- End quote --- Actually he said: --- Quote from: Lilwolf on June 05, 2005, 02:57:37 pm ---I don't think it would be worth my time for 20 bucks and a keywizeco.... unless I had to buy two. --- End quote --- Which I took as, paraphrased, unless he needed to buy two, the effort of hacking the keyboard wouldn't be worth it. I was just saying that it could be accomplished without buying 2 units by just wiring a few buttons with some diodes. ;) But hacking a keyboard is still a viable option for a jukebox, and those links will certainly help get the job done! RandyT |
| Tiger-Heli:
Re-read the original post and now agree with Randy. It now sounds like Lilwolf is saying the time to hack the keyboard would be worth more than the $20 for the Eco, unless he had to buy two. A third option would be to use an Eco and hack a gamepad for the additional 3-4 inputs, but if you're going to hack something regardless, IMHO, you might as well just do it once with the keyboard. |
| SirPeale:
Re-read the original post myself, and I definitely stand by my original advice: a keyboard hack would be the best way to get the input. It wouldn't take much time to map the matrix, AND there would be a vast amount of keys to use. |
| Lilwolf:
Time seems to be harder to find then 20 bucks these days. I'm now steering towards the shazam + diodes method. 1/2 because I haven't bought anything from Randy yet. And figuring no matter how good I am.. it will take more then an hour and not look as good. One other option might be to wire up one of the printer port adapters also. But I think I am going to put that one off for the same reasons. But I will pull apart a few of my really old keyboards and see if it will be trivial (no soldering)... otherwise I'll probably get an Eco board. |
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