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surface tension:

Ah ok. Just wire the button to both the IPAC (for F12/9) and to the opti-wiz (for the mouse button).

ex_directory:


--- Quote from: st on March 13, 2008, 12:28:31 pm ---Ah ok. Just wire the button to both the IPAC (for F12/9) and to the opti-wiz (for the mouse button).

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Why didn't you just say so  ;)

Thanks, will definitely do this.

I should not need any more buttons than the diagrams above, I am using the IPAC so have the shift option on player 1 for coin, esc, tab etc.



rrcade:


--- Quote from: ex_directory on March 12, 2008, 02:23:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Franco B on March 12, 2008, 01:08:54 pm ---Well you could either wire up a D sub connector or similar for those few buttons or a more simpler (but longer swapping) option would be to use bullet connectors for the individual buttons.

Either way shouldnt add more than a minute for the swap, the d sub would be the better option as it would only take a couple of seconds.

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Is the way to do this take a vga extender (male and female ends), chop in two and then connect bare wires accordingly or is there more to it?

Ian, great link, how does he get the buttons so close to the trackball in this CP - or is it just an optical illusion  8)



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This is a nice looking panel, I have a question though, when you play a 4way joystick game can you also use the 8 way? I guess the user just has to know whether it is a 4 or 8 way game?

ex_directory:

This is not my cp, I just put it in to show how close the TB was to the buttons above it.

I guess the answer to your question though is the two joys are connected to the same inputs on the interface board. It is just the 4 way is restricted to only select one switch at a time but the 8 way can go into the corners causing a 'up' and 'right' at the sdame time.

ex_directory:

OMG, just pricing all this new CP stuff up on GGG - have topped $300 if I get everything from them! And then her majesty will add her bit when it arrives.

Could also be another reason to drop the spinner!

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