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| Johnny_Summers:
Hi guys, Just joined the forum. I already have a standard (JAMMA spec) MAME cabinet, but as you can imagine, playing driving games on one of these just doesn't do it. I have managed to get hold of a Special Criminal Investigation cab with the view of playing the MAME driving games on it. Upon investigating the controls for the wheel, they seem to be similar to that of a (non optical) mouse (wheels with holes in it, sensors at the side for the x-axis). My question is.......can I wire this up as a mouse and use it directly in the PC (serial or PS2) or would I need an Opti-Pac, A-Pac etc? Also, if anyone has any manuals or documents for this machine that would help with identifying wiring etc I would be extremely grateful. Cheers guys, Johnny. |
| Minwah:
You could almost certainly wire the optics up to a mouse hack, opti-pac or similar interface...this is common practice, search this board for more info. Failing this, you could use a mouse hack, but use the mouse optics instead of the original arcade ones...do this only if the above does not work tho. |
| Johnny_Summers:
MinWah, Thanks for the reply. Can I just confirm: Using an Opti-Pac, I wire up from the wheel (4 wires IIRC) to the Opti-Pac board, then use the standard PS2 cable from the Opti-Pac board to the PC. Using a mouse, I chop the mouse bit off and connect directly to the wires coming out of the steering wheel? If that is the case, what is the advantage of using an Opti-Pac? Oh, the Opti-Pac handles the buttons I guess? Thanks again. Johnny. |
| Minwah:
--- Quote from: Johnny_Summers on March 08, 2006, 10:08:28 am ---Using an Opti-Pac, I wire up from the wheel (4 wires IIRC) to the Opti-Pac board, then use the standard PS2 cable from the Opti-Pac board to the PC. --- End quote --- Yep. --- Quote --- Using a mouse, I chop the mouse bit off and connect directly to the wires coming out of the steering wheel? --- End quote --- Not quite that simple, see: http://mamewah.mameworld.net/mousehack.htm --- Quote --- If that is the case, what is the advantage of using an Opti-Pac? Oh, the Opti-Pac handles the buttons I guess? --- End quote --- Basically an Opti-Pac is a piece of cake to connect up to, a mouse hack is not (Oscars pre-hacked mice excluded, but these are currently unavailable). |
| Johnny_Summers:
Minwah, Thanks very much for that info. I actually already have an Opti-Pac so I will give it a go with that. Johnny. |
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