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saurian333:
Actually, most of the KeyWiz/I-PAC boards do not require soldering; most of them look similar to the one in mwong's pic.  And they are almost all cheaper than 35 pounds. (The most expensive KeyWiz is $38; the only one that does require soldering is $25.)  Crimping quick-disconnects onto wire ends is not difficult at all, either.

Darren01274:
Hi used this for my cocktail cabinet and was well impressed not setting up to do and just put the wires to correct buttons and joystick and worked perfect. Very easy setup, no soldering always a good thing lol.

I would deff purchase again.

Turnarcades:
The problem is this encoder is not programmable, and a few of my previous customers came to me after attempting builds with these and finding ghosting, lag and a bit of key blocking. From what I can tell, it's not significantly cheaper  than quality encoders enough to justify purchase.

mick25:
I've bought 5 of these in the past and haven't had a single problem with them. No ghosting or blocking at all. You just basically plug them in and go. O.K. they are not programmable but you don't need this function as you just set it up by pressing the TAB key in MAME.

Also, for £34 you get a complete unit. There is no wire stripping, no soldering and no crimping to do at all!

Bye!

Mick.

Turnarcades:
There's no stripping, soldering or crimping required with the mini-pac either, but that is fully programmable and can support a spinner and a trackball. Being programmable is a major issue - many people run other emulators besides MAME, and quite a few (and some front-ends) do not allow the use of certain 'function' keys that are part of the MAME default like CTRL, ALT or SHIFT. Even player 2's 'Q' button 3 mapping can be a problem as this conflicts with some frontends or PC games that others like to run.

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