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Title: Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: Syntax on October 13, 2003, 02:26:11 am

This might be a stupid question but i'm a newbie when it coems to this stuff.
Is it possable to have two track balls and two light guns for my control panel?
I would need mame analog+ and opti-pac right?

Title: Re:Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: jerryjanis on October 13, 2003, 07:40:07 am

Quote from: Syntax on October 13, 2003, 02:26:11 am

This might be a stupid question but i'm a newbie when it coems to this stuff.
Is it possable to have two track balls and two light guns for my control panel?
I would need mame analog+ and opti-pac right?

Correct.  That is the most direct route to using multiple trackballs & lightguns is with Mame Analog+ and the Opti-Pac.

Title: Re:Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: Howard_Casto on October 13, 2003, 09:01:17 am

Although I love andy's products, I never have seen the reasoning behind the optipac. Well, I take that back, I saw the reasoning before usb products caught on.  :)  I use hacked usb mice myself as they are usb and a seperate board per control.  If you don't wanna hack them yourself go over to oscarcontrols.com and buy some pre-hacked ones.  

Title: Re:Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: Syntax on October 13, 2003, 02:03:09 pm

So i could have a spinner/trackball/light gun all for player one and a Trackball/light gun for player two?
How many opti-pac boards would i need? I will be using tv version of the light guns.
and i would prefer to use analog+XP with mamewah.

Title: Re:Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: jerryjanis on October 13, 2003, 04:05:22 pm

Quote from: Syntax on October 13, 2003, 02:03:09 pm

So i could have a spinner/trackball/light gun all for player one and a Trackball/light gun for player two?
How many opti-pac boards would i need? I will be using tv version of the light guns.
and i would prefer to use analog+XP with mamewah.

Yes.  Dual lightguns do not require any extra interface (optipac or a mouse hack).  You will only need the interface for the trackballs and spinners.  You should only need one Opti-Pac to handle 2 trackballs.  4 spinners can also be connected to the Opti-Pac in addition to the 2 trackballs (although you can only use either the trackballs or the spinners at one time).

Title: Re:Duel Lightguns and duel track balls?
Post by: Syntax on October 13, 2003, 05:01:49 pm

Quote from: jerryjanis on October 13, 2003, 04:05:22 pm

Yes.  Dual lightguns do not require any extra interface (optipac or a mouse hack).  You will only need the interface for the trackballs and spinners.  You should only need one Opti-Pac to handle 2 trackballs.  4 spinners can also be connected to the Opti-Pac in addition to the 2 trackballs (although you can only use either the trackballs or the spinners at one time).

Thanks, This is exactly what i wanted to know.