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Xbox interface
tetsujin:
The controller ports on the X-Box are basically just USB with a couple extra lines. Assuming you're running some kind of OS on your X-Box in order to run an emulator, it seems likely that you'd be able to connect whatever USB gamepad device you like, with the proper connector adaptor. So the GP-Wiz would do the job, I think.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: tetsujin on July 25, 2005, 10:23:52 am ---The controller ports on the X-Box are basically just USB with a couple extra lines. Assuming you're running some kind of OS on your X-Box in order to run an emulator, it seems likely that you'd be able to connect whatever USB gamepad device you like, with the proper connector adaptor. So the GP-Wiz would do the job, I think.
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But would this work for normal Xbox games? I didn't think so...
Also, I thought there needs to be drivers for the device, for whatever OS is running on the Xbox (for emulators etc). I doubt there are many of these available except for generic mice / keyboards etc.
I could be wrong tho, I have only recently got into Xbox modding so I know very little...
tetsujin:
--- Quote from: Minwah on July 25, 2005, 11:50:08 am ---
--- Quote from: tetsujin on July 25, 2005, 10:23:52 am ---The controller ports on the X-Box are basically just USB with a couple extra lines. Assuming you're running some kind of OS on your X-Box in order to run an emulator, it seems likely that you'd be able to connect whatever USB gamepad device you like, with the proper connector adaptor. So the GP-Wiz would do the job, I think.
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But would this work for normal Xbox games? I didn't think so...
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Almost certainly not. I assumed the X-Box was there as a cheap PC for running emulators.
X-Box controllers are sort of HID devices, but they have a fixed report format which they don't enumerate in a descriptor table - so any HID device not providing a device type recognized by the game, or which has a report format different from an X-Box control pad will probably just not be recognized by the game.
Minwah:
--- Quote from: tetsujin on July 25, 2005, 12:45:52 pm ---Almost certainly not. I assumed the X-Box was there as a cheap PC for running emulators.
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Ah OK, no problem...I'm not sure what the original posters' intention is, I was just thinking about xbox arcade ports etc...
SQrL:
I would suggest the X-Arcade route as well... Specially if you want to interface you CP with other consoles in the future (dreamcast, game cube, etc...). Its just a quick serial cable change (which you could hook to a serial switch type box).
I have one and love it.