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| gmunny:
Hi Folks, First time poster and just started planning my first machine for primarily MAME32 games. Thanks for all the informative posts. I have a few newbie questions. I am trying to start my order list and will be ordering the IPAC and OPTIPAC from Ultimarc. With both, there are options to get either the USB or the PS/2. My computer has both USB and PS/2 ports, so is there any pros/cons by ordering one or the other? Also, if I order the IPAC with PS/2, I assume that i need to order the OPTIPAC with USB, since I only have one PS/2 port? I am planning on having 2 8-ways sticks, 1 dedicated 4-way stick and maybe one flight stick. I am not planninng on playing any 4 player games though. Can I get away with using an IPAC-2 (vs the 4), by maybe wiring them 1 8way & 1 4-way to player 1 and the other 2 sticks to player 2? And my last question is do I need to order any special cables for the IPAC and OPTIPAC to connect to the computer? Thanks for any advice! gmunny |
| divemaster127:
I have the contract for the united states sells here on the forums, so I ship from the states & can save you money on the shipping, the optipac only comes vga to vga or vga to usb, i like the usb version on the ipac faster load times, from winpac, im on the buy/sell thread send me a pm if i can help anymore, everything is in stock thanks dm |
| pointdablame:
--- Quote from: divemaster127 on May 17, 2006, 02:14:43 pm ---I have the contract for the united states sells here on the forums, so I ship from the states & can save you money on the shipping, the optipac only comes vga to vga or vga to usb, i like the usb version on the ipac faster load times, from winpac, im on the buy/sell thread send me a pm if i can help anymore, everything is in stock thanks dm --- End quote --- isn't the Optipac SERIAL, not VGA? |
| divemaster127:
my mistake, its serial thanks dm |
| hypernova:
Won't the flight stick be wired to the optipac, since it's an analog controller? Yes, you can wire the 4 way with the P1 joystick. Just running both wires to the same directional terminals on the ipac will work. I THINK you can also chain them, saving some wire. Regarding the ipac, get both cables. There's a thread discussing the pros/cons of each somewhere here. |
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