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How to configure two separate CP into one computer?
unix4hire:
I suck at woodworking. I can't build squat.
So rather than try buiding a kick-ass 4P panel I've thought about building two completely independent portable 2P panels. They could work independently on two separate computers.
But what about taking the two and making them work on one computer for 4P games? How would this be done? Since each would have its own encoder would I then be somehow hooking one panel into the encoder of the other? Perhaps in some sort of master/slave configuration? Anyone thought about doing this? Chances are someone already has..
--E
markrvp:
1 way to do this would be to use a keyboard encoder for 1 panel (Ipac, KeyWiz) and a gamepad encoder (GP-Wiz 32 GP-Wiz 49) for the other.
unix4hire:
So would I then connect the gamepad-controlled CP into the ipac or into the computer? I haven't investigated how a GP-wiz 49 connects to a machine; is it via USB or something?
pmc:
Can a PC have two keyboards? Or maybe use one USB encoder and one PS/2 encoder?
Or use one encoder and just build a harness with a plug to extend the 2P wires to the 2nd CP whenever you want. I think you can hot-swap with the IPAC PS/2.
-pmc
unix4hire:
somehow I'm picturing using (for example) a KE72 on the master CP and pre-wiring a harness to allow the 2nd CP to connect via one cable, such as a 50pin SCSI or soemthing. But then I wouldn't be able to use the 2nd CP by itself without having its own encoder? eh
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