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BobA:
Ok thanks, I sort of remember that manouver but I can not remember anyone being happy doing it.   You move the actuator but there is no restrictor to change the feel of the stick.  I thought it might have changed but that sounds like sthe same old same old.  X-arcade joys as far as I have tried do not work well in 4 way.   I have a couple of ultimarc 4/8 ways that do what I want now.   Just have to work out an adapter to put them in since their mounts are slightly different.

Aurich:
The OS X IPac app works great. In fact I have an old IPac that I couldn't program under Windows no matter what I tried, hooked it up to my PowerBook and I was golden.
Tiger-Heli:
Not a mac user, but - - -

The primary advantage of the X-Arcade encoder is the ability to use it with consoles (PS2/Xbox/SNES) etc.  It is not as good of an encoder (lag and ghosting/blocking) as other offerings - based on what others have said.

>1: return all x-arcade products and start over with ipac2 (does MacIPAC application work well?) or is there >another well respected MAC-compatible encoder?

I-PAC/2 is a good option for a keyboard based encoder.  The MiniPac or I-PAC VE would also work, AFAIK.  The GGG GP-Wiz would also likely work (at least for MAME), but it is a gamepad rather than keyboard encoder.

>2: keep x-arcade product and add dedicated 4-way stick

That is an option.

>3: keep x-arcade encoder and upgrade to mag-stick for easy switching from 4 to 8-way

Or GGG Prodigy joystick, or Ultimarc J-Stick, Happ Universal (Ultimarc E-Stick), etc.  You have quite a few options here.

>I'm probably just over thinking this whole thing.

Nothing wrong with that.
DrumAnBass:
As Tiger-Heli mentioned - you might want to consider a GPWiz from GroovyGameGear - which the Mac should recognize as a USB gamepad; and you can probably find some software to remap the extra buttons to do whatever you want; Griffin Proxi might do the trick. http://proxi.griffintechnology.com/wiki/index.php/Proxi

And for Joysticks - GGG has their OmniStik Prodigy joystick that has a top mounted switch. Sounds like it could be a good solution for you.

http://groovygamegear.com

I am a dedicated Mac user, but decided a PC would be a better/cheaper option in a dedicated cabinet.
ElKootcho:

--- Quote from: DrumAnBass on March 14, 2007, 02:40:30 pm ---I am a dedicated Mac user, but decided a PC would be a better/cheaper option in a dedicated cabinet.

--- End quote ---

Thanks, everyone, for your input. I agree that PC might be easier but I'm going with Mac simply because I have an old Blue & White G3 (450 mhz/ 1 GB ram) sittin' around doing nothin'  but looking pretty along with a 19" monitor so I figure that I'll put them to use.
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