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A couple of quick IPAC and keyboard questions

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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: dot on October 23, 2006, 09:29:15 pm ---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.

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OP is buying an I-PAC/2, but excellent point, and applies to both the PS/2 and USB I-PAC/4.

--- Quote ---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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You won't hear much about it, because it varies from something like 14 to 20, changed at various times over the product's life cycle, without model updates, so the actual number is tough to determine.  (And I didn't say it caused problems, just that it is a limitation of USB over PS/2).

Bill Mote:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on October 24, 2006, 06:51:46 am ---You won't hear much about it, because it varies from something like 14 to 20, changed at various times over the product's life cycle, without model updates, so the actual number is tough to determine.  (And I didn't say it caused problems, just that it is a limitation of USB over PS/2).
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I hope you didn't take that as a flame.  It was just part of the, "you learn something new every day" information.  I was being matter-of-fact with my comment.  If I had read more closesly I'd have probably noted he was buying an IPAC/2 :)

dot

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: dot on October 24, 2006, 07:18:16 am ---I hope you didn't take that as a flame.  It was just part of the, "you learn something new every day" information.  I was being matter-of-fact with my comment.

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Actually, I didn't take it as a flame at all, I was just adding more clarification.  No harm, no foul.

AndyWarne:

--- Quote from: shardian on October 23, 2006, 01:43:07 pm ---The IPAC only comes in ps/2


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Just to clarify this... The I-PAC is a true "dual-interface" device which detects the type of interface it is plugged into and switches to a different internal firmware to match.
I do sometimes get questions from people who have attempted to use a standard PS/2 to USB keyboard converter with the I-PAC. This does not work very well and is of course not necessary since all I-PACs will operate in full USB mode.
There are two reasons why these converters don't work, firstly because they are subject to a low maximum key-presses, and also because every 2-3 seconds they cancel any held-down keys to avoid the PC getting false "stuck-key" situations which, in USB mode, would cause an infinite repeating key. In gaming of course cancelling held keys is not a good thing.
Andy

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