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Title: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on October 29, 2008, 11:46:51 am

I currently have an old  cabinet running mame. I would like to add a playstation2 to the cabinet and be able to switch back and forth. The controls are wired up through a keywiz max. Ultimarc  makes an adapter for the ipac that lets you add ps2 output from the ps2 port on the ipac. I was wondering if this would also work with the keywiz or if there is a similar product that for the keywiz. here is the console adapter from ultimarcs site. http://www.ultimarc.com/psx.html
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. :)

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: Ginsu Victim on October 29, 2008, 11:58:30 am

What are you using monitor-wise?

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on October 29, 2008, 12:14:31 pm

Right now i have a 21" Pc monitor.  If necessary i could obtain a large Tv.

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on October 29, 2008, 03:07:18 pm

I have a video capture card that works rather well with the ps2. The only thing im really worried about is the controls.

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 29, 2008, 04:23:13 pm

Well for the controls you have a few options...

Get an Ipac and PS2 adapter.

Keep the Keywiz, hack some PS2 controllers, and wire them both to a switch (like a DB25 data switch)

Hack some PS2 controls, and get a PS2 to PC converter (like a Trio-linker plus)

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on October 29, 2008, 05:02:14 pm

Thanks for the reply. It would be nice if the ps2 adapter for the ipac was compatible with the keywiz.  So the easiest and fastest option would be to replace the keywiz with an ipac.  Are the dataswitches expensive?

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 29, 2008, 05:25:14 pm

A DB25 A/B data switch will run around $14.

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: jban4us on November 06, 2008, 11:07:37 pm

Switch is ~7.50 + shipping here (bringing it to around 12-14):

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10103&cs_id=1010305&p_id=1352&seq=1&format=2

monoprice is pretty good for that kind of stuff.

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on November 07, 2008, 01:47:53 pm

Thanks! thats a lot cheaper than the ones i was running across online.  What would be the best way to wire everything to that switch?

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: HaRuMaN on November 07, 2008, 01:54:48 pm

Get some DB25 cables and breakout the wires, either yourself, or via a DB25 breakout board.

Title: Re: Adding Playstation 2 to a mame cabinet
Post by: brpadington on November 07, 2008, 05:11:13 pm

The breakout board looks like it would be a good option. I could get a 4 way switch and have multiple consoles inside the same cabinet.  :) Thanks a lot for the help.