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| granty:
Enjoyed reading this interface debate, I'm going to go with using an I-PAC (Gotta start somewhere ;)). I will be building a 2 player control panel and I have acquired a 19" CRT monitor for the cabinet as suggested. I'll report back when I have mase a start. Thansk very much for the advice so far. |
| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on March 21, 2007, 01:01:04 pm --- --- Quote from: shardian on March 21, 2007, 12:46:02 pm ---The actual 1player pin on the encoder is still the shift input. --- End quote --- No, it isn't. ... By default the P1Start Pin is the shift input, ... but you can also assign any pin to be the shift input through the WinIpac software without re-wiring the board. --- End quote --- Definitely confirm. --- Quote ---Personally, I would recommend having a dedicated input for Pause and using this button to activate the shift functions. --- End quote --- Agree, but almost anything getting rid of the default start1+start2 = exit is a Good Idea. |
| Tiger-Heli:
And this is REALLY nit-picking but while we're sorta on-topic, your earlier quote needs to be: --- Quote ---Another correction. Quote from ultimarc: Quote Shift functions. Holding "Start1" and pressing other buttons sends a range of codes for MAME functions such as "escape", "Coin 1", "tab", "enter". This means no extra buttons are needed on the cabinet. In programmable mode any input can be the shift key and all OTHER keys can be programmed with a shifted code. --- End quote --- You can't assign a shifted function to the key that sends the shift key - so in reality you have 28 standard and 27 shifted inputs on the I-PAC. What is not really nit-picking is that the I-PAC shift function effectively loses one action input. (You can't very well use an input for FIRE if pressing it and any other button sends some admin code.) With the KeyWiz - all 32 inputs can be used for gaming, and you have an "extra" input that can be used to send 24 shift codes. With the I-PAC - if you use shifted inputs - only 27 inputs are available for action inputs. |
| vrf:
Did Tiger really just say he wasn't nit-picking? :laugh2: |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: vrf on March 22, 2007, 08:11:29 am ---Did Tiger really just say he wasn't nit-picking? :laugh2: --- End quote --- Only for part of my reply, but I guess even that is arguable ;) :laugh2: :laugh2: |
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