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Title: Ipac and Optipac questions
Post by: mumbles on January 23, 2006, 01:21:20 am

Hi,

In my computers bios it has a setting where you can turn the computer on by pressing the right mouse button.  I have an optipac and a usb cable for it. If i connect a button to the right mouse button connection on the optipac will i be able to turn the computer on by pressing this button, just as if i had pressed the right mouse button??

Also i have a button on my arcade control panel for exit game. Now in some of my emulators you have to press the "esc" button to exit the game. Am I able to hook up my exit game button to the optipac and this will cuase it to use the "esc" button??

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Ipac and Optipac questions
Post by: Tiger-Heli on January 23, 2006, 06:27:59 am

Quote from: mumbles on January 23, 2006, 01:21:20 am

Hi,

In my computers bios it has a setting where you can turn the computer on by pressing the right mouse button.  I have an optipac and a usb cable for it. If i connect a button to the right mouse button connection on the optipac will i be able to turn the computer on by pressing this button, just as if i had pressed the right mouse button??

Should be able to, never tried that for sure.

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Also i have a button on my arcade control panel for exit game. Now in some of my emulators you have to press the "esc" button to exit the game. Am I able to hook up my exit game button to the optipac and this will cuase it to use the "esc" button??
Thanks in advance

Not on the opti-pac (unless you can program the emulator to exit on mouse clicks, MAME will allow this), but you could with the I-PAC. . .