Post by: BazookaJo on February 28, 2017, 02:37:06 am
Struggling to keep my Atari StarWars machine up and running - it's age and condition aren't great, and every time I get it fixed, a few months later something else goes wrong, and given I have no electronics skills it's all ££££.
The result is that I'm seriously thinking about converting the cab to a Mame i.e. packing the vector monitor away and running the game via a PC.
So given my limited electronics skills, what would be the easiest way to attach the yoke to a PC for MAME use?
Big thanks in advance
Joe.
Post by: PL1 on February 28, 2017, 06:58:04 am
So given my limited electronics skills, what would be the easiest way to attach the yoke to a PC for MAME use?If your skillset doesn't include soldering, consider Ultimarc's A-PAC (http://www.ultimarc.com/a-pac.html) or U-HID (http://www.u-hid.com/home/overview_board.php). (not enough pins on the U-HID Nano for the pots, triggers, thumb buttons, and coin switches)
If you can solder, check out this tutorial (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134781.msg1542677.html#msg1542677).
Either way, please consider making a Molex adapter cable (Step 7 of the tutorial) so you don't have to hack the yoke harness to connect to whichever encoder you choose.
Scott
Post by: baritonomarchetto on February 28, 2017, 09:05:17 am
Start soldering if you wanna exit the "arcade issues = money loss" tunnel
please do make only reversible mods to your cabinet or you will be sorry about it
Post by: BazookaJo on February 28, 2017, 02:01:47 pm
Those would be ideal and don't worry with, as you say use a molex connector :)
I'm sure there are cheaper options but if i factor in my time its a bargain...
So given my limited electronics skills, what would be the easiest way to attach the yoke to a PC for MAME use?If your skillset doesn't include soldering, consider Ultimarc's A-PAC (http://www.ultimarc.com/a-pac.html) or U-HID (http://www.u-hid.com/home/overview_board.php). (not enough pins on the U-HID Nano for the pots, triggers, thumb buttons, and coin switches)
If you can solder, check out this tutorial (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134781.msg1542677.html#msg1542677).
Either way, please consider making a Molex adapter cable (Step 7 of the tutorial) so you don't have to hack the yoke harness to connect to whichever encoder you choose.
Scott
Post by: BazookaJo on March 01, 2017, 08:02:24 am
Cheers Scott
Those would be ideal and don't worry with, as you say use a molex connector :)
I'm sure there are cheaper options but if i factor in my time its a bargain...
Post by: PL1 on March 01, 2017, 09:57:37 am
is there any advantage of one over the other A-PAC/U-HID/Kadestick i.e. performance-wise?Haven't done a side-by-side comparison. :dunno
Haven't had any issues with KADESTICK and haven't read of any issues with A-PAC or U-HID.
There are differences in price and features.
U-HID is more flexible -- it can do gamepad buttons, keystrokes, mouse buttons, etc.
A-PAC and KADESTICK can do gamepad buttons.
If you've got to have keystrokes, you can either get the U-HID or hook up two encoders, analog and keyboard.
If you go with two encoders, that adds U-HID Nano as an option.
Scott