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GaryMcT's 2-player generic control panel layout
GaryMcT:
The JLW/J-Stick is pretty nice with a circular restrictor! Giong to have to get more of those at some point for a Smash TV control panel. They would be pretty much perfect if you only want 8-way if there were a joystick-friendly version of Groovy Game Gear's Micro-Leaf siwtches.
Started Sketchup-ing the Stargate control panel so that I can print it out and compare to the original Defender panel so that I can make sure that the measurements are right. Once I'm done I'll post the sketchup file since there seem to be varying Defender control panel measurements in all the places that I've looked.
GaryMcT:
I successfully dissected my Wells Gardner d9500 that died recently to send the chassis off for repair (under warranty). I'm still alive. . no shocking involved. :)
By the way, those Wells Gardner guys are really awesome to deal with. . felt like I was dealing with a very personal company while talking through the problem with them on the phone.
GaryMcT:
I finally hooked up my admin buttons to the IPAC. Now I really need to finish my code mod to Mame to make shift buttons work across multiple devices. The joysticks and game buttons are all through the U360s, and the admin buttons are through the IPAC4.
Bender:
As much as want that shift function updated in mame....
I just had an idea you could double wire the buttons you want shifted(and the shift button) to the Ipac and shift them that way without having to anything on the software side, assuming you have enough room on the the Ipac
that way you'd have key strokes and gamepad inputs to the same buttons
bkenobi:
If you do that, you need to have a diode installed on each input. If you don't, you will cause problems with your controls.