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tristan:

I used a solder-on DB-25 connector for mine. Then I just grabbed an old parrallel backplane from an old computer (most computer shops will have these laying around, and will probably give it to you if you're nice), bent it at 90 degrees, and mounted it under the monitor. Soldered the cabinet's wiring into a female DB-25 in the backplane, and then soldered the control panel into a male DB-25. Now I can swap control panels in less than 2 minutes.



brian23:


--- Quote from: tristan on December 15, 2005, 11:32:46 am ---I used a solder-on DB-25 connector for mine. Then I just grabbed an old parrallel backplane from an old computer (most computer shops will have these laying around, and will probably give it to you if you're nice), bent it at 90 degrees, and mounted it under the monitor. Soldered the cabinet's wiring into a female DB-25 in the backplane, and then soldered the control panel into a male DB-25. Now I can swap control panels in less than 2 minutes.



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That's a great idea. I'm not too good at soldering so I went with the modified molex idea. I had a bunch of old fans laying around. Any of these ideas will work.

markrvp:

RTSDaddy:

Are you adding a 360 degree wheel or a 270 degree PC wheel?

If you are adding a 270 degree PC wheel then chances are you can just plug it in USB and map all the controls you need to the buttons on that wheel.

If you are adding a 360 wheel, then that would be just plugging in a USB mouse.

Avery:

I'm using CAT5 connectors on a modular panel.  Not sure how many wires you want to have to plug in every time you change panels, but if you buy the outlets off E-bay they're pretty cheap.

If you buy them at a hardware store it'd practically be cheaper to build a second cab.  Grumble......

RTSDaddy2:

First of all, thanks for all the advice guys!

Gotta be quick, it's for my wife for Christmas (say what you will - and trust me, I know some of you will -  but she LOVES racing games) and I expect her back from the store soon.

Mark,  I think it is a 270 wheel, and it may be that I can get the buttons on the wheel to work with MAME.  I have had NO time to try this out, get to the shop and cut the panel, et. al....I'm just going to have to tell her I've got things to do down there.  I know she'll be suspicious, because she really wants light guns (honestly, she does - loves Jurassic parK).

Should run I suppose....will post here again as time allows.

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