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cholin:
Okay well Im going with the iPac then for these reasons:

Its affordable, although not the cheapest
Heard alot of good things and Andy is supposed to have good support
Has enough inputs
Will use Player 1 - button 7 as a Shift key
USB or PS/2 Interface available.

IMMark:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 12, 2005, 08:17:46 pm ---Look in the quote above your last post. ;D

I'd already mentioned that the KeyWiz programs the chip each time, at startup.

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Yes, in my quote I stated that it has already been mentioned; it being Ipac holding programing after shut down. 
I was simply stating that I find that to be an advantage in the Ipac, and would give the nod to Ipac for that reason.  Also as I said, I have never used the KeyWiz, but my understanding is you would have to reprogram changes after a shutdown?  If that is the case for a non-default Mame setup, I would not justify the price difference.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: IMMark on February 13, 2005, 11:37:25 am ---
--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 12, 2005, 08:17:46 pm ---Look in the quote above your last post. ;D

I'd already mentioned that the KeyWiz programs the chip each time, at startup.

--- End quote ---

Yes, in my quote I stated that it has already been mentioned; it being Ipac holding programing after shut down. 
I was simply stating that I find that to be an advantage in the Ipac, and would give the nod to Ipac for that reason.  Also as I said, I have never used the KeyWiz, but my understanding is you would have to reprogram changes after a shutdown?  If that is the case for a non-default Mame setup, I would not justify the price difference.

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I think I need to clear this one up a bit.  Those who haven't used a KeyWiz before might not be aware of this one.

Under Windows, the KeyWiz has a software "Virtual EEPROM" mode.  If you set your system up to take advantage of this, the last codeset you uploaded is automatically uploaded to the KeyWiz when you boot your computer.  No manual intervention is required.

RandyT

cholin:
I already got that.  I would consider one, but it seems unwise considerring Im already buying from Ultimarc.

Tiger-Heli:
Cholin,

I'm not trying to sway your decision.  I think you'll be happy with either product and either one will work well, but the reasons you are giving are different from the initial considerations above.

>Its affordable, although not the cheapest

Fair enough.

>Heard alot of good things and Andy is supposed to have good support

I've heard good things about both products and both products have excellent support.

>Has enough inputs

You can never have enough inputs in this hobby, but I won't go there.

>Will use Player 1 - button 7 as a Shift key

Not sure what you mean by this.  If you mean you really want a P1B7 on your panel that you will use for some games and it can also activate shift functions, then I agree the I-PAC is a better choice.  (You could rig a KeyWiz to work this way, but it's a lot more complicated).  If you just mean that you won't be using P1B7 on your panel, so that input will be available as a shift button, then either encoder will work equally well, you would just use the Shazaaam! input on the KeyWiz, as it's designed.  (No macros, though).

>USB or PS/2 Interface available.

True, but you said earlier you wanted the encoder to use PS/2.

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