$9.99 keyboard encoders on eBay??

[OSCAR]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3218393320&category=13718


Hard to tell exactly what it is from the description, but it sounds like a homemade keyboard encoder.  Perhaps a cheap way to go for a small project, but it doesn't go into much detail about the functionality.

[BobA]

This is the same guy that was selling a mame module of some sort that looked really weird in another thread.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=5138

Looks like alot of homebrew hobby type construction.

BobA

[NY_in_TX]

I emailed the guy last week asking for some details about the unit (keystrokes and number of inputs). I have not heard anything yet.  

interesting

ny

[MameFan]

It only has 12 connection points on the strip, - 1 for ground and you have 11 unique inputs, unless, goodness forbid he actually used a maxtrixing chip!! That would of course allow for 6x6 = 36 inputs max.

I could put together a better looking hack from a Gravis Gamepad (though admitedly not for $10 unless I didn't include the barrier strip and wires to pads) . And that would give 14 unique inputs.

Of course as the previous poster pointed out. This is the same person selling that mangled laptop or something-or-other MAME emulator somehow avoiding eBay radar for removal for a long time now, listing it as an "arcade board replacement unit" or something or other.

Seems like another scammer out to make a quick buck off the work of others and to pull the wool over the uninformed eyes.

[TapeWurm]

There's a green wire that kinda goes no where that may be a ground giving it a full 12 inputs.... hard to tell. Someone bid on it so hopefully we'll get some informative feedback once he gets it. I'll definitely be Emailing the winner(s) for info.