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USB or PS/2 ?
spllbnd2:
Yes, another one of them usb or ps/2 questions
Tiger-Heli:
http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/encoder/#USB%20Vs.%20PS/2%20Mode (at least until the next revision of the page). Note that info here is for keyboard encoders and doesn't apply to Gamepad versions such as the GP-Wiz and A-PAC.
Bill Mote:
I'd go USB. Why? Because you can remove your control panel if you need to on-the-fly. If your in your cabinet and you bump a PS/2 cable hard enough you risk shorting your motherboard.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: dot on July 19, 2005, 08:32:29 pm ---I'd go USB. Why? Because you can remove your control panel if you need to on-the-fly. If your in your cabinet and you bump a PS/2 cable hard enough you risk shorting your motherboard.
--- End quote ---
Hehe. that's a new one. :D
RandyT
Bill Mote:
I had a couple of techs that work for me pull the keyboard PS/2 connection as a joke while the system was running. Both motherboards fried from the joke. Not too funny in the end. Granted this was on mid-90's Compaq desktops, but I've always been warry of the PS/2 port since.
I just like that it's hot pluggable. I access my PC through the coin door. Usually reaching up to the backplane blind so having hot pluggable equipment is a good thing :) My PC is open-air --> I pulled the motherboard tray and backplane out of a case and mounted it to the inside of the cabinet. It's mounted vertically on the right side.
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