Posted by supermegagoon on 11, 2000 at 10:18 PM:
I'm in the planning stage for my control panel, and need some advice on connections. The plan is to have minimum clutter with maximum flexibility. The current layout includes 2 eight way sticks with three buttons per player, a trackball and spinner, and a central 4 way stick with two buttons on each side to allow for right or lefthanded play. Unfortunatly, my wiring knowledge doesn't extend beyond high school electronics class.
1. Can the connections for the left 8 way stick (and buttons) be passed directly to the central 4 way? The two will never be used simultaneously and this would eliminate the need to reconfigure many of the games(just use mame default settings).
2. In a similar fashion, could the two connections for the trackball buttons be wired to two of the three buttons next to the left side 8 way? This would close two circuits per button press, but again, they would never be used together.
I know these questions may be simple, but I don't want to unwittingly commit an electronics blunder, and I don't want my panel to look like a set of space shuttle controls.