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sealslayer:
My cab is now complete except for the CP so its question time regarding the IPAC and the best connection type.
I've just had a quick look at ultimarc and see you can get the IPAC 2 with either the USB or PS2 leads, is either more preferable than the other?

Second question.... I need to get a new keyboard for the cab and don't know whats the best route to go down, is a PS2 keyboard plugged into the IPAC ok or is better to keep the IPAC separate and just get a USB keyboard to avoid any potential problems?

BTW I'll be playing in winxp not DOS

Cheers in advance  :cheers:

shardian:
The IPAC only comes in ps/2

The "usb" Ipac, is just a special cable that has ps/2 on the end for the ipac, and usb on the other end. It is handy to have the usb cable if you want to keep a keyboard hooked up to your computer at all times. I use the usb cable for my desktop control panel.

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: sealslayer on October 23, 2006, 01:34:01 pm ---My cab is now complete except for the CP so its question time regarding the IPAC and the best connection type.
I've just had a quick look at ultimarc and see you can get the IPAC 2 with either the USB or PS2 leads, is either more preferable than the other?

--- End quote ---
I have a huge rundown on my site - http://www.mameworld.net/tigerheli/encoder/index.htm

The USB cable is only $5 more, and gives you both options, so I would buy it regardless of which you actually use.

USB has something like a 16 simultaneous keypress limitation, but USB is the standard and PS/2 ports are not available on all mobo's, so USB may be required in the future.

--- Quote ---Second question.... I need to get a new keyboard for the cab and don't know whats the best route to go down, is a PS2 keyboard plugged into the IPAC ok or is better to keep the IPAC separate and just get a USB keyboard to avoid any potential problems?

--- End quote ---
Doesn't matter.  Wireless is a good option for a cab.

--- Quote ---BTW I'll be playing in winxp not DOS

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Won't matter for a cab, but USB would be preferable for a desktop controller here.  XP does not load the PS/2 Keyboard driver if one is not present at bootup, so you can't hot plug in a controller under XP, unless you have a PS/2 keyboard to swap.

sealslayer:
Thanks for that, I'll go with the USB lead, time to get ordering :)

Bill Mote:
I've been using the USB IPAC/4 for ~2 years without any problems.  I built a 4 player cab and have had 4 players on numerous occasions without incident.  What you'll find more irritating is that many keys are reused throughout the 4 player setup.  Make sure you remap keys so they don't overlap.

With 16 inputs, I'd never heard that before by-the-way, you could have 4 players registering an angle plus 2 buttons before you'd bump into that limit.

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