Posted by jmark on 7, 2001 at 2:15 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Any advice on wireless devices....esp a remote pointing device? posted by Darren Harris on 6, 2001 at 4:47 PM:
After seeing a post on this sort of thing a while ago I plonked down $25 and bought this IR device that plugs in your serial port. It includes a DOS TSR that basically allows you to use most remote controls and translate them into key presses. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with MAME, b/c (I think) of MAME being a protected mode program. So I went with a RF remote keyboard and mouse which actually will work out better anyway since I will still retain ALL of the keyboard functionality without wires etc. going everywhere...
The Logitech product I bought has an RF receiver which plugs into both the mouse and keyboard ports, so technically it should work fine with a Hagstrom encoder with a keyboard pass-thru... the mouse will probably have to go through a Y-plug though since the KE72-T I have doesn't appear to have a mouse pass-thru...
: This seems tobe unexplored territory. I have a couple of remotes(wireless and not) that have 28 programmable keys(just like yours) that I plan to perform experimental hacks on. I got them for around 3 to 5 bucks a piece.