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mark shaker:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on May 25, 2007, 06:26:44 pm ---Don't get me wrong, I think a wireless arcade CP is a little weird.

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For me this hobby all started with a HanaHo HotRod Joystick, which I still use.

I've always wished it was wireless, as I don't have the space on my desk to keep it out all the time. It would be great to just grab it from the shelf and start playing. 

I know I'm talking about a very trivial inconvenience, but I seem to be getting lazier as the years go on.  :-)

   - Mark

vrf:
My friend's XBOX 360 controllers seem to last a long time before a recharge. And they have a Windows version, too. Works very well.

I think wireless within a cab is silly, but if you just want a decent arcade controller for sitting on the couch and using with a media PC, hacking a gamepad seems to be a great solution. Search the PA forum for a few examples.

Tahnok:

--- Quote from: RandyT on May 25, 2007, 03:58:26 pm ---How popular is the idea of needing batteries in your CP or gamepads in order to use them?  I made a prediction the first day I saw one of the wireless Ms-Pacman stand alones that they would very quickly go the way of the dodo.  Not too long ago, I passed up a chance to buy one for $5 when they closed them out.  I now see that they have gone back to the wired versions and have since come out with an adapter pack for the original "battery only" units.
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I made a small wireless CP out of one of those with good results. I used one of these $15 rechargeable batteries:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103201&cp=2032056.2032147&parentPage=family

The panel has some pretty good power saving functions, which I noted in this thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=46074.0

On that cheap battery, the panel will run for at least 15 hours, most likely more since it goes to sleep when there's no activity.

Also, the battery just sits inside the panel on it's charger. There's no need to even take it out; the panel just plugs into the wall for charging. The whole thing makes for a pretty slick wireless panel.

shorthair:
I like being back a few feet from a 27" monitor - more if larger - and like to sit underneath my panel. And though I could use longer cables and one of those floor hiders like you see in an office, I'm interested in the CP being untied.

Tahnok: did you use the control stick on that unit, or just hack the interface?

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