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Kaytrim:

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--- Quote from: bfauska on April 05, 2007, 11:55:53 am ---however if you soldered, you could get some REALLY clean results. 

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Not if I solder! I could burn down the neighborhood with a solder iron.


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Go with the GPWiz Max then.  No soldering and easy connections.

Kaytrim

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: btp2k2 on April 05, 2007, 12:26:16 pm ---I don't run any of those emulators on my cab, pretty much MAME, Daphne and Visual Pinball.
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Been a long time since I've run much besides MAME.  MAME is a non-issue.  Any input can be assigned to any keyboard or gamepad input.

What you NEED to look at is:  How does Daphne handle gamepad inputs.  How does Visual Pinball do it?  (If I remember correctly, VP needed an Alt-F4 combo to exit, but you could likely work around this with RBJoy and an AutoHotKey script.  How does Madden 2007 do it.

The above should determine whether you are wanting a keyboard or gamepad encoder, and whether it is a single GPWiz (probably MAX) or two GP-Wiz Eco's (with IDE header).


--- Quote ---I think I have narrowed it down to the GPWiz and the Ipac VE. I noticed the VE has 32 inputs as well.
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Don't eliminate the KeyWiz from that group.  Both the KeyWiz and the VE use SDRAM and the KeyWiz has a better default codeset, IMHO.  There are minor differences, but the main practical difference between them is the KeyWiz is PS/2 and the VE is USB.

xmenxmen:
I have use the gpwiz and gpwiz max in a few cabinets.  Want fast connection, go with the max.  If you got sometime, the eco solderless works great and you don't need extra cable.  For the eco, a single ide cable is long enough for most controller.  I have one that's over 34in long and had no problem reaching.  As for games, mine use mainly for mame and chankfast and don't see any problem at all with them.

Also, I also have an eco being use as additional input to make 4 player and it also behaves well.

btp2k2:
wait a minute....IDE cable? As in the ribbon cable that you use to hook up a HD?

May I ask how that works?

Kaytrim:

--- Quote from: btp2k2 on April 05, 2007, 02:15:07 pm ---wait a minute....IDE cable? As in the ribbon cable that you use to hook up a HD?

May I ask how that works?

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You are correct.  It is a HD ribbon cable.  All you do is connect one end to the GPWiz and cut off the other end.  Then you split the wires and connect them to the switches for the buttons.  I used the euro style terminals.  There is more information on my flickr site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaytrim/284894024/in/set-72157594354334723/

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