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4 Player Cab/Dual Screen Project-Photos-Now need some KVM Tech Opinions!
slapaham:
Yes, I'd thought about that - it would work quite well but now I have this dual screen idea in my head I want to give it a go as I think that would be the best option I could hope for! ;D
Thanks for your help though! :cheers:
slapaham:
Amended title...
I found this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rextron-Port-Share-Switch-REX09422/dp/B001HN5540/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234739802&sr=8-9
and wanted to get people's opinions. If I was to use 2 seperate computers and keyboard encoders but have the same picture beamed to both screens would this do the trick?
I have a feeling when it says 'first come, first served' it means when people are hammering away at the buttons on each cab it might struggle to register the keys... opinions please!
So effectively you have something like this -
(obviously with joysticks this is an old photo!) each cab would have a PC inside with a keyboard encoder for controls but they would both effectively controlling only one of the computers (which ever one is running MAME)
Kind of want to know whether or not the hyperlinked box would allow this to happen!
DeLuSioNal29:
What about www.mameroom.com? They have 4 player kits you can buy that are pre-cut. You can also custom design your own as well.
severdhed:
here is what i would do:
two cabinets, two computers, two keyboard encoders, two monitors
each cabinet is completely independent from the other. cabinet 1 is set up completely normal, it's video card needs to have dual outputs.
the second cabinet is set up relatively normal, however the keyboard encoder is reprogrammed so that it uses a completely unique keymapping from that of the first cabinet. a KVM switch is installed in cabinet 2 so that it can be a stand alone 2 player cabinet, then you press a button, and it is mirroring the video from cabinet 1, and is not players 3 and 4 on the cabinet 1 PC.
i hope i am making this clear.
i dont know if the encoders you were planning on using would work with this or not..but this would work fine with an ipac, or any other encoder that allows for reprogramming.
slapaham:
Hi severdhed
Yes, that all makes sense - it sounds like a good suggestion apart from I would have to get hold of another encoder as the ones I have are not programmable unfortunately. :'(
However, as mentioned before I thought this might solve the problem (Although, I'm doubtful!) I was still wondering whether any techies out there could offer their opinion on it -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rextron-Port-Share-Switch-REX09422/dp/B001HN5540/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234739802&sr=8-9
This would effectively solve my encoder problem but I have a feeling (as mentioned before) if 4 players are mashing keys on what the computer effectively sees as 2 keyboards at the same time then it isn't going to respond well... hope I'm wrong but I'm sure I'm not... feedback please on whether or not this is a viable option or whether I should chuck this idea out the window and take up severdhed's suggestion and just stomach the bill for another (programmable) encoder (though I will warn you, if it includes anything other than simply plugging it in and attaching the crimps to the microswitches I'm not going to be overly keen!)
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