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Nephasth:
Bryan was nice enough to allow me to beta test this board (thanks again man!), and I have had it for about a week now. Previously, I had been using a "common" keyboard encoder and never had any complaints about it, it managed to do what I thought was a great job (and I still think it does a decent job in the right applications). Also, I have to admit I was a little skeptical when Bryan was explaining the speed of the board to me, as well as using a controller interface vs. a keyboard encoder. However, immediately after playing my first game with this board I was more than pleasantly surprised!

I, like some, enjoy cutting wires and making my own harnesses. This board does come with pre-made harnesses, which made it incredibly fast to install. I also have a preference of the pin headers over screw terminals, which helps maintain a clean finished look to the wiring if you wire your own harness with header connectors.

Another plus with this is there is no need to assign joystick IDs between the 4 controllers of the board and it is instantly recognized by Windows. Also having 4 controllers ran through 1 USB cable is nice to help keep wiring clutter down.

I do not use MAMEUI32 or 64, and I had MAME configured for keyboard inputs originally. But it was no big deal to adjust MAME's settings to accept the joystick inputs, just a few minutes of setting them and it was ready to play.

The advantages of this board's speed became immediately obvious when I played Raiden (the first game I chose). On my first credit I scored a new personal best, which impressed me. I was able to dodge more easily and shoot faster. The most noticeable difference was the speed at which I could change directions with the joystick. It was like my reaction time improved, although I know it didn't, it was just the inputs being processed faster.

Is this board for everyone? No. But I consider this a must have for those who love button mashers (shmups, beat-em-ups, and the like), and a great interface for those with 4 player CPs. I would also like to see a 2 player version of this board released. I don't think the market is "over saturated", but there are a lot of options out there, and I must say, I am a fan of options.

Hoopz:
Outstanding.  $10 that this thread goes a minimum of 3 pages and has certain people arguing the relative speed of Hi-Speed USB 2.0 v. other options available.  Any takers?

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Nephasth on May 16, 2011, 04:17:20 pm ---Bryan was nice enough to allow me to beta test this board (thanks again man!), and I have had it for about a week now. Previously, I had been using a "common" keyboard encoder and never had any complaints about it, it managed to do what I thought was a great job (and I still think it does a decent job in the right applications). Also, I have to admit I was a little skeptical when Bryan was explaining the speed of the board to me, as well as using a controller interface vs. a keyboard encoder. However, immediately after playing my first game with this board I was more than pleasantly surprised!

I, like some, enjoy cutting wires and making my own harnesses. This board does come with pre-made harnesses, which made it incredibly fast to install. I also have a preference of the pin headers over screw terminals, which helps maintain a clean finished look to the wiring if you wire your own harness with header connectors.

Another plus with this is there is no need to assign joystick IDs between the 4 controllers of the board and it is instantly recognized by Windows. Also having 4 controllers ran through 1 USB cable is nice to help keep wiring clutter down.

I do not use MAMEUI32 or 64, and I had MAME configured for keyboard inputs originally. But it was no big deal to adjust MAME's settings to accept the joystick inputs, just a few minutes of setting them and it was ready to play.

The advantages of this board's speed became immediately obvious when I played Raiden (the first game I chose). On my first credit I scored a new personal best, which impressed me. I was able to dodge more easily and shoot faster. The most noticeable difference was the speed at which I could change directions with the joystick. It was like my reaction time improved, although I know it didn't, it was just the inputs being processed faster.

Is this board for everyone? No. But I consider this a must have for those who love button mashers (shmups, beat-em-ups, and the like), and a great interface for those with 4 player CPs. I would also like to see a 2 player version of this board released. I don't think the market is "over saturated", but there are a lot of options out there, and I must say, I am a fan of options.

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So based on your report of the device in question, how practical would it be for an existing arcade cabinet owner, to change software and hardware to accommodate this new device?

Simply put, is this product faster than a GGG or Ultimarc product?

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Hoopz on May 16, 2011, 04:41:27 pm ---Outstanding.  $10 that this thread goes a minimum of 3 pages and has certain people arguing the relative speed of Hi-Speed USB 2.0 v. other options available.  Any takers?

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Hell no, a certain someone already posted in the thread. I couldn't quote his reply with a picture of his "control panel prototype" cause the frankenpanel thread was trimmed.

I think its a neat product for someone who doesnt have a build yet. Andy has been too good to me to replace any of my ipacs/jpacs with anything else :)

armi0024:
Let's cut it short of 3 pages.
The device is a native hardware based USB 2.0 that is running at Full-speed.

I am not going to get into the details of each one, there is Low Speed, Full Speed, and High Speed.

The comment on faster refers to the controllers ability to report button pushes as measured by the number of times a second it can report a button or input was activated. There is no limit(other than we only have 72 inputs) on the number of inputs that can be activated at this faster rate.

Some vendors have rates advertised, some don't.  The Lono is faster than any advertised rate for capabilities of buttons pushes per second.

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