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is the optipac needed?
mo1e:
hi all im going to purchase the ipac from ultimarc and 2 ps/2 trackballs but can these be connected to the ipac? or do i need t opurchase an optipac?
Bones:
IPAC has nothing to do with spinners or trackballs it is to detect "keystrokes" only. If you get ps2 trackballs then no, you do not need the Optipac as the trackballs will plug directly into your computer.
Jabba:
Bones, I've been discussing this with Mole in the B/S/T thread. Can he plug both PS/2 connectors to his computer? That means he would need two PS/2 ports. Worst case, he could get a PS/2 to USB converter adpater. Would Windows detect both trackballs?
mo1e:
i would also now like to add the main fact im connecting the ipac to my xbox console using the xbox adapter i need to know does the ipac have 2 ps/2 ports?
Bones:
--- Quote from: Jabba on September 30, 2005, 06:11:15 pm ---Bones, I've been discussing this with Mole in the B/S/T thread. Can he plug both PS/2 connectors to his computer? That means he would need two PS/2 ports. Worst case, he could get a PS/2 to USB converter adpater. Would Windows detect both trackballs?
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I know when I have a USB and serial mouse plugged in at the same time they act as one. I really don't know if/how they would be individually configured in MAME.
Good question for the software geeks.