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| Grasshopper:
--- Quote from: rampy on February 25, 2003, 03:10:35 pm ---Hey grasshopper, my undersatnding, after asking a simliar question to randyT a while ago was: You could solder on your own DIN if you bought the cheapest key wiz... but you'd also need to solder on a switch as it still wouldn't act like a passthru. I'm sure if one was doing a desktop controller where they'd switch alot (from normal keyboard to arcade encoding) a simple switching circuit could be built to "sense" which keyboard was active at a given time (just an idea I had when wrapping my mind around your comments ->it might not work, or have adverse effects *shrug*) rampy --- End quote --- Thanks for that. RandyT did actually PM me yesterday and confirmed what you just said. He also answered all my other questions. You switching circuit idea sounds like the circuit that Stephan Hans had already designed. |
| _Iz-:
--- Quote from: eightbit on February 24, 2003, 08:25:09 pm --- --- Quote from: _Iz- on February 24, 2003, 07:30:31 pm ---Is it not possible to connect 2 keyboards in parallel to one PS/2 port? Don't they make splitters that adapt 2 female to 1 male pin for pin with no actual "electronics"? Basically a simple "Y"? --- End quote --- Its been asked before and the answer was no. Those splitters are designed for laptops to split a keyboard and a mouse. The PS/2 port on a laptop is wired to work this way. I have a couple of those splitters for my laptops, I'll give it a test when I get a chance. --- End quote --- I think the laptop splitters are definitely designed differently than what you would need, they probably need a suitably wired ps/2 port and take advantage of the 2 "reserved" pins in the p/s port. How about this though? http://www.trianglecables.com/7inps2ycabtw.html Wouldn't this work for 2 ps/2 keyboards? I don't think I'd want to use them both simultaneously but who does on an arcade cabinet, you use either the controls or the keyboard... |
| Kane:
that would work....and I went and spent 40$ on a USB keyboard :( |
| _Iz-:
--- Quote from: Kane on February 25, 2003, 03:32:08 pm ---that would work....and I went and spent 40$ on a USB keyboard :( --- End quote --- $40! :o Shoulda ordered a $10 one with your keywiz... ::) |
| eightbit:
--- Quote from: _Iz- on February 25, 2003, 03:27:54 pm ---How about this though? http://www.trianglecables.com/7inps2ycabtw.html Wouldn't this work for 2 ps/2 keyboards? I don't think I'd want to use them both simultaneously but who does on an arcade cabinet, you use either the controls or the keyboard... --- End quote --- Thats what we have been talking about for laptops. I don't think it will work on a normal PC with 2 keyboards. I think I might have time tonight to try one of those and see what happens. |
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