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3 million newbie q's
rampy:
--- Quote from: dash213 on April 16, 2003, 09:43:26 pm ---thanks for the info guys.
rampy - i am in australia, so whatever an i-pac plus shipping costs in pounds, multiply by 3 for aussie dollars!!!
that is one of the main reasons why i want to try and use a keyboard hack, i just can't afford to buy an i-pac (read: wife won't let me!!!) i have no problems on the building side of things, as i used to be a cabinet maker, but the electronics has got me buggered!!!
anyway, i guess i'll probably end up with and i-pac, it's just that i want it NOW, and my budget won't allow it at the moment.
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Ah... I see... I assumed by your vernacular that you were in the UK, my bad (which woulda made shipping/duty cheaper on the ipac)
have you seen the key wiz cheapo keyboard encoder although I have no idea if RandyT ships internationally or not...
Not sure if US to AUS is worse than UK to AUS ...
you see this thread from a while ago where do aussies buy their parts
maybe get your ipac from oz stick? http://home.iprimus.com.au/ozstick/parts.html
There's nothing wrong with using a keyboard hack, although youmay or may not have issues with finding the right keyboard that doesn't ghost/block/etc .... it's just highly recommended to save yourself a bunch of hassle and trouble and go with a keyboard encoder =P
best of luck and I hope this helps a little.
rampy
anthony691:
I did the same thing, I used an I-Pac and wired the verticle player 1 and horizontal player 1 to the same spot on my I-Pac. I think it has a total of 29 buttons :)
Smack:
Thanks for the plug! ;D
If you've got any questions pertaining to my set up, just drop a line on the board here and I'll cath up with you!
The Ipac4 is definately the way to go!
Smack