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Soldering and button help
CrazyKongFan:
I did a keyboard hack, but I'm cheap ;) Got the keyboard at a local surplus store for $1. Haven't had any problems with ghosting that I'm aware of. It was an older Gateway keyboard. I pulled out the encoder, and soldered cat 5 wire to where the ribbon cable went into the board. Ran those to some terminal strips I had on hand, and ran the wires from the joystick and buttons to there. Then I used a volt meter to map out the keys I wanted to use in MAME on the mylar grid under the keys. Didn't take too long, and I find it fun to tinker with stuff like that.
Jack Burton:
Just for posterity:
- Sony PS1 Dual shock series H controllers can be hacked without soldering.
- PC controllers can be found on ebay and hacked for less than $5
- Most older console controllers can be hacked and adapted for parallel or seriel port use.
- People will sell pre-hacked controllers for less than $20
- random keyboard encoder sell on ebay for less than $20 if you're too cheap for a keywiz, I-pac, cthulu, etc.