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KevSteele:
Don't worry about it Andy, MAMEmaster's a known X-Arcade Shill fan (just kidding, Mitch!)  ;)

The X-Arcade encoder is a bit less versatile than the other encoders, but not horribly so (it just doesn't include software to reprogram the keys, I believe - it's been a while since I've used one)

As to the question at hand -- each encoder has different design decisions which affect their capabilities and feature set. Compare them and their feature set, and pick the one that fits what your project needs are.

As to the PS/2 problem - if you're planning on upgrading your system in the future to a new motherboard, it'd probably be wise to pick an encoder that can handle both PS/2 and USB, or can be easily adapted. I would think having to swap out an encoder in the future when you upgrade your motherboard would be a pain.

I'm a big fan of the I-pac's non-volatile key settings and auto-passthrough keyboard hookup, both of which I use on my cab, but if you need multiple sets of key assignments for different games, the Keywiz is probably a good solution.

Don't bother with the marketing buzzwords and such - do a feature comparison and pick the features that are most important to you. Should make choosing the right encoder pretty easy.
meismr:
Patrickl you sure do like spreading the fud don't you...
"Most new computers don't have ps/2 ports anymore so you would be hard pressed to attach a ps/2 device to it."  Do you have any data to support this claim?  Go to newegg.com and look at the motherboards...  Out of the 31 on the 'deals' page, 30 have a keyboard ps2 port.

You've been sounding the death knell for ps/2 for years though,
"I would not be surprised if you'd have to "shop around" in as little as 2 years to still find a new PC with a PS/2 port. "  patrickl June 15, 2004

patrickl:

--- Quote from: meismr on February 03, 2008, 07:23:32 pm ---Patrickl you sure do like spreading the fud don't you...
"Most new computers don't have ps/2 ports anymore so you would be hard pressed to attach a ps/2 device to it."  Do you have any data to support this claim?  Go to newegg.com and look at the motherboards...  Out of the 31 on the 'deals' page, 30 have a keyboard ps2 port.

You've been sounding the death knell for ps/2 for years though,
"I would not be surprised if you'd have to "shop around" in as little as 2 years to still find a new PC with a PS/2 port. "  patrickl June 15, 2004



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You do have a lot of trouble reading don't you? If you could learn to read instead of trying to piss great distances it would be greatly appreciated.

Lemme help you a bit again. Maybe if I write in  lowly coder logic you will understand:

MB != PC

I bought a computer without a PS/2 port already back then yes. I was quite surprised about that so I warned people not to make the same mistake. I have since bought more and these also didn't have a ps/2 port.
meismr:
Maybe you should proof read what you type instead of talking about piss... ::)

Way to attack (feebly I might add) anything other than the your central argument that most motherboards still have a keyboard ps/2 port.  So your statement that most don't have have a ps/2 port is fud.  I brought data to support my claim, where's yours?
patrickl:

--- Quote from: meismr on February 03, 2008, 11:29:42 pm ---I brought data to support my claim, where's yours?
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Ehm ... learn to read? Seriously:


--- Quote from: patrickl on February 03, 2008, 10:36:02 pm ---I bought a computer without a PS/2 port already back then ... I have since bought more and these also didn't have a ps/2 port.
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