Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: enemyace on November 21, 2002, 06:06:07 pm
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Could I use PS/2 to Dreamcast adapters for my PC keyboard and mouse? And if so, could I hook up my DC (with VGA box) and my PC to a KVM switch and use it to switch between the two? This would enable me to use the same keyboard and mouse for both systems.
Thx again,
EA
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it should..i have 4 way vga switch box and works perfect.I can switch between pc and dc while the monitor is ON.
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1) you mean something like this:
http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=29&products_id=716&PHPSESSID=574fcc193cabb3bb1f2503b3cc2847c9
Yeah, that should work.
2) What KVM? If you don't have one Linksys makes AWESOME KVM switches.
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If you're using a Total Control 5 for a mouse adapter, you need to have the KVM switched to Dreamcast before you power on the DC, otherwise the TC5 thinks you've plugged a keyboard into it. I'm not sure about other mice adapters.
If you havne't already got a keyboard adapter for DC, I recommend the Smart Joy 2( http://www.baysoftgames.com/dreamtoplaya.html ). It lets you use a keyboard as a DC controller, including mock analog. Meaning, you could plug in your keyboard encoder and use it in all DC games for a player, though you have to remap the encoder's key layout a little.
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are you looking for one of those boxes that let you switch between 2 computer?ya know....the onces you use to switch keyboard,mice,and monitor.that should work but only guessing :P.
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Yeah, exactly, I want to be able to use the same keyboard and mouse to play first person shooters on PC and Dreamcast.
I actually already have a DC keyboard, but I'd rather not have to switch between two keyboards.
SirPoonga, yeah, I was thinking of that exact adapter. They have a bundle of two of them for pretty cheap I think. How is Lik-Sang as a retailer? Do they ship to the U.S.?
Does anyone know if other mouse/keyboard adapters have the same problem as the one mentioned by tom61 (Total Control 5)?
Lastly, do you guys know if you can do the analog stick and the D-pad with a hacked Madcatz? I know not true analog, but the full press.
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SirPoonga, yeah, I was thinking of that exact adapter. They have a bundle of two of them for pretty cheap I think. How is Lik-Sang as a retailer? Do they ship to the U.S.?
US is liksang's biggest consumer:) M$ shut liksang down for abit when they were selling the xbox mod chip.