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DeLuSioNal29:
I found some links for the Dual Strike controller hack:

http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Dual_Strike_Hack

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deano7:
Is there a way to play games requiring the 270 degree wheels or do you just have to pick on or the other?  It sure would be cool to have a MAME driving game that could play pole position, sprint, and also games like spy hunter...   I have a Pole Position cab I'd like to convert too.
bkenobi:

--- Quote from: deano7 on January 21, 2010, 05:28:03 pm ---Is there a way to play games requiring the 270 degree wheels or do you just have to pick on or the other?  It sure would be cool to have a MAME driving game that could play pole position, sprint, and also games like spy hunter...   I have a Pole Position cab I'd like to convert too.

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Yes you can.  But, if you use MAME's default way it will feel kinda screwy.  I put together a setup that I think works better.  It limits the travel in a more natural feeling way IMO.  A hardware limiter would be better, but nothing exists so this is the best alternative I've found.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=92363
saurian333:
Wouldn't it be fairly easy to mod the wheel for switching to 270, physically, that is?

Something like sticking two pins on the underside, and having a removable pin that you can insert/remove from the outside that blocks their movement.

Does that make sense?  I can try to draw a picture.  I'm not really sure how those things look on the inside, so I don't know how possible it would be.  In my head, it works perfectly...lol.  I also don't know if that would affect how well it works in MAME.
msinks:
Thanks for the offer, KingPaul, but I think I'm going to have too many Pole Position parts lying around when I'm finished with this project!  I'm just going to stick with using a nice 270 degree wheel.  I'm going to be plugging in a Playstation 2 and Dreamcast in addition to using Mame, and the wheel I have will support all 3 systems (PS2 -> Dreamcast adapter).  If it wasn't for adding those consoles, I would have definitely used the 360 degree wheel and bkenobi's solution.  Besides, the previous owner has already hacked my control panel.

I am running into one issue, though.  When I received the cabinet, the monitor was missing and a TV was mounted in its place.  I'm going to be mounting a 21" computer monitor, and I was hoping to rebuild all off the missing (ripped out) wooden mounting brackets.  Anyone have any good pictures of an intact PP monitor mounts?
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