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cholin:
If you think about all the work and money involved in doing this, you would have to create a custom device to handle all this, and alot of people would want in on it, therefore, you would probably end up making a PCB.  I think it would be very nice to use the full functionality of this project, and what it will become.  I started wanting the buttons to light as you pressed them, but all this stuff about gaming sounds cool.  Someone should go spend an hour or so and think up a board for this.  I would, but I don't know enough :(  I hope this will progress, so people can build their ultimate cabinets!  The *ONLY* bad part about this is that the controls and the lighting will be connected through different circuits.  My origional intent was to be able to do it all through a PS2 port, which I could do.  Therefore, I think the game-lighting is out for me.  I would rather create one of those "ATTRACT-MODE" things to flash random buttons when the machine isnt being used.  If anyone actually does anything listed here, please show me :)  Im very interested!

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Kremmit on February 14, 2005, 06:46:23 pm ---I don't care if it ends up using logic gates, or little tiny gnomes that flip a lightswitch every time the joystick moves.  ;D
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I'd definitely recommend elves over gnomes for this type of application.

Gnomes tend to be way too grumpy, and finicky.
You could use wizards (ala Microsoft), but they are notoriously lazy, and only work part of the time.
I'm guessing it's something to do with their guilds.

The elves worked really well for Apple, until they stopped using them in the transition to OSX because it was *nix based.
My cab, with OS 9.2.2 in it, is rock-solid.
I attribute that, in very large part, to the elves inside.
Given their track record, I wouldn't trade my elves for all the gnomes in the world.

That's personal preference though, so feel free to use whatever mythical creatures you want in your own cabs.

cholin:
That was umm...odd :)  I got a little email saying the topic im watching got a reply, I look at it, and its telling me which elves to use LMAO.  You're a funny guy there NoOne.

tetsujin:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 15, 2005, 07:34:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kremmit on February 14, 2005, 06:46:23 pm ---I don't care if it ends up using logic gates, or little tiny gnomes that flip a lightswitch every time the joystick moves.  ;D
--- End quote ---

I'd definitely recommend elves over gnomes for this type of application.

Gnomes tend to be way too grumpy, and finicky.

--- End quote ---

I think the Gnomes on Linux have come a long way in the past few years, but they seem like such an odd group, one wonders if they can really work together at all.

NoOne=NBA=:
Trimoor,

How were you planning to implement the "All ON" function of this?

If you have a switch that grounds all the LED circuits, it will have to break the connections to the buttons, or it will ground all the inputs to the I-pac as well, causing it to read every button as though it was pressed.

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