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vrf:
So I admit that my control panel design is a little unconventional. It was geared more towards asthetics than function. But it's done.

Anyhow, these are all the buttons I have on my cab. Nothing else except a power button in back. How would you wire this up? Trackball takes two mouse buttons. Maybe the two white ones? Should I double-wire those to the ipac? Which one should be my shift button?

I'll be using MAME and a few console emulators.

Maybe...

1start 1coin
                           S 1 2 3
                           1 4 5 6

S = dedicated shift button. Or should I go with a default on the 1start for the shift. That leaves this extra button. Hmmmm....

leapinlew:
I would have both a dedicated player 1 button and player 2 button. I would put some decals on them so you know which one is which. (The ones from MikeDeuce would be swell)

I would make the buttons on the joystick work for mouse.

I would also use the shift function of player 1. Thats all you need really. 1+2 = quit game. You can also setup other shifts to control volume, exit front end, etc.
danny_galaga:

you just wanted to show off your spiffy new CP! nice job (",)
vrf:
heh heh... no, the real showing off comes later, when it's playable.  ;) (This is my first cab, and I'm trying to get feelers on what most veterans would do with this setup.)

Lew, I like the decal idea, but these are the 24mm buttons, so Mike's decals would not fit. I'm curious why you'd have the 2nd white button as a 2 player start. Primarily, this will be a one player cab, so wouldn't it be more useful to have that one mapped as a coin button? I could shift a 2p start for the times when that's needed.

As for the double-wiring, are there any drawbacks? It seems if I just make sure no emulator uses mouse buttons, then they'd only kick in when in Windows. Seems like it'd work.

Thanks!
Negativecreep0:
how is the trackball being held to that plexi without screws?
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