Posted by Reg on 3, 2000 at 2:56 PM:
In Reply to: Re: how many buttons do joysticks ttake up on keyboard hack posted by charlie on 3, 2000 at 1:06 PM:
: i also know i can have 16 buttons because the row # is 16
Hi, I think it depends of the electronics
use to make the keyboard encoder...
I tried an old IBM keyboard and I had some
ghosting effect...
Now i have found this king of keyboard and
I even play with two player and I do not
see yet some ghosting effect...
I found it at COSCO...PC concepts classic
W98 keyboard (IMMT technology)
for 11$ canadian...
It have 3 extra keys: stanby, sleep, wakeup...
It have a matrix 18x8...and the encoder is
small 4 inch x 1.5 inch...
Note: I have connected all my buttons/joystick
like the default settings suggested in Mame.
Use the utility KeyScan to determine how much keys
can be pushed together before you notice a ghosting effect...
good luck!
Reg