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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: RedSquirrel on June 03, 2003, 06:09:40 pm ---I must apologise, I think ive hijacked the original owners thread!
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Not badly, though, we're still debating moving X-arcade controls to a cabinet, so we're still somewhat On-T. Before I go on, I agree with Urebel, prolly you could remove the switches without disconnecting the wiring. I should have seen that :-(.
--- Quote ---What is the inputs on the right though? (The top ones are for P1 and P2 right).
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The top are P1 and P2 and two Ground terminals (either one or both can be used. They're really the same terminal.) The right side is Coin 1, Coin 2, Start 1, Start 2, and Buttons 7 and 8 for Player 1 or Player 2 (?). It's labelled on the board, I just can't read it from the hi-res pic on the site.
--- Quote ---I think Ive actually decided to make my own now. After a good half an hour looking at the ipac site, it doesnt look half as hard as I thought it would. Infact it looks quite easy. The ipac board lists what each function does doesnt it for the wire to connect to?
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Yes it does, but that doesn't mean you have to use it that way. The easiest thing for a beginner would be to wire it up as shown, and it does follow a MAME-friendly pattern (for example, Coin 2 on the I-PAC sends "6" so MAME is happy. But let's say you are using eight buttons per player and don't need a Coin 2 input, but want a dedicated Pause key. You can either set MAME up so Pause is "6" or you can reprogram the I-PAC so the Coin 2 terminal generates "P".
Hopefully I didn't lose you there ;-(
--- Quote ---I also like it I can buy everything from the ipac to make things easier. The hardest part now seems to be making the actual controller in the mdf.
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Seems like I said that in a previous post ;-) You also might want to check out the KeyWiz from www.groovygamegear.com, once you are more comfortable with encoders in general.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: TheGameAh on June 04, 2003, 06:56:15 am ---Howdy again guys. Just wanted to let you guys know who was wondering. Last night I took apart my X-Arcade. I know everyone here loves building their own, but they did do a really good job. They did use quick connects instead of soldering, which is real nice for my moving plans.
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I'm not as anti-buy-your-own as some of the website people. If you already have an X-arcade, by all means use it. (And by gutting and moving it, you are building your own.) Also, if the X-arcade does exactly what you want, then buy one and be happy with it. I just didn't like RedSquirrel's idea of buying one specifically to gut and install (not cost-effective) IMHO.