Posted by Achilles on September 20, 1999 at 00:32:38:
Here it is, the final product! After much deliberation I finally decided on a layout and took it upon myself last Saturday to actually build the thing, (didn't take all that long actually.) What you're looking at is a modified Super Nintendo Controller! It plugs into the connector I built for my parallel port and features 8 Happ Horizontal Microswitch buttons, (6 for the actual games, and 2 for start and coin,) and a Happ Super 8 joystick, (which I'm VERY pleased with I might add.) The box and control panel are made from 3/4" shelving material that I found at Home Base for like $6, the cool thing is that I didn't have to cover it with anything! I'm in the process of building another one of these contraptions so that two people can play, or you could stick them side by side for 2-joystick games. The connector I built for the parallel port supports up to 5 SNES pads so maybe down the road I'll build a couple more for some serious Simpson's action! Anyway, I thought I'd share this with you guys as I know everyone is looking for ways around the "ghosting" problem with keyboards, and I believe that the Parallel port is the answer. It also works great on my laptop!
If you're interested, I'd be more than happy to go into further detail on any of this, just drop me an e-mail!
Later guys,
Achilles