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| Man_Utd:
What about five joysticks? The fifth being a 4 way. Would you use a IPAC4 instead of an IPAC2? Also, if you were to use an IPAC4 instead of the combination of JPAC and IPAC2, would you have an issue with supporting an arcade monitor (15kHz)? |
| CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Man_Utd on January 23, 2009, 01:11:38 am ---What about five joysticks? The fifth being a 4 way. Would you use a IPAC4 instead of an IPAC2? --- End quote --- No -- I would wire the 4-way up to one of the other joystick controls. --- Quote from: Man_Utd on January 23, 2009, 01:11:38 am ---Also, if you were to use an IPAC4 instead of the combination of JPAC and IPAC2, would you have an issue with supporting an arcade monitor (15kHz)? --- End quote --- Doesn't matter which you choose -- you are always going to have some issue with supporting the arcade monitor. The biggest issue is getting your video card to drive at 15kHz. The JPac just makes the connection easy (plugging in a VGA cable) and will block a bad signal, preventing possible damage to your monitor (which you will have to do manually otherwise). |
| ZEN:
Gentleman, question on your posts above. I too have a 4 player Jamma Cab/new project that I am starting to Mame, but would not mind keeping open to refurbish back to pcb/jamma at some point. If I am understanding you correctly, I can use my Jpac and IPac2, still utilize a 5th controller (4-way), by running this controller parallel/simultaneously with player 1 controls? Can I still run an optipac with this setup? would I still need the power supply? I would keep the monitor and run off the Iso transformer, but I guess I would disconnect the supply to Jamma I would assume? Sorry, still grasping the 110v concepts ...... With the JPAC, it sounds like I do not need the video amp for the monitor, do I understand this properly? Thanks guys, sorry if the answers to my questions are already in this post...... |
| Turnarcades:
The safest way is to get an arcadeVGA to get that signal at 15khz, then use at least a j-pac. If future expansion is required you can add any combination of other '-pac' family interfaces, as long as they are programmed whilst plugged in individually. If you intend to use seperate buttons/joysticks for dedicated games then the best way to go is to wire them to the same inputs as player 1's regular controls. As you will not be using the regular controls, the dedicated sticks/buttons will just activate the same key presses as the regular controls do, ridding you of the need to have extra inputs/interfaces or reconfiguring control layouts specifically for the dedicated stick/button inputs. |
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