Re: Opti-Pac Plus Questions...


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Posted by ShavenYak on 14, 2001 at 9:19 AM:

In Reply to: Opti-Pac Plus Questions... posted by Magnet Eye on 14, 2001 at 7:45 AM:

You should be able to use the Opti-Pac with the optical rotating joysticks, but not the Ikari Warriors type (those use a 12-position switch, and you'd need Druin's interface for them). Personally, I don't think the optical rotary sticks are the way to go - every rotating joystick game I remember playing used the Ikari click-click style. I suppose the optical ones would be a good compromise way to play Tron, though.

I'm not sure whether MAME32 supports multiple serial mice - last I remember it didn't, but that may have changed recently. I only use MAME32 on normal computers, and use only the keyboard and mouse to play it.

If I were trying to set up your control panel idea, I'd use the I-Pac, Druin's interface with Ikari-style rotary sticks, and Opti-Pac for the spinner and trackball. With just one spinner and one trackball, I believe Opti-Pac will let you use just one mouse port and auto-switch between the two inputs.


: I was just at Andy's page. It says 2 Trackballs or 4 Spinners. Now, anyone have one of these? I wanna know what possible configurations there are. Also it says rotary joysticks can be used with this device. First, does that mean Optical Sticks or Rotary Sticks? Next, do the joysticks use up the same connections as spinners? meaning, instead of 4 spinners can you hook up 4 Rotary Joysticks?

: Next, can you just hook up 1 Trackball and 2 Rotary (or optical) Joysticks? That is what I would like to do if it actually works.

: Oh, and it uses 2 serial ports? So MAME32 for example can do this? And do you think I could add the OSCAR Spinner using ps/2 port too?

: Ideally I want:

: 2 Rotary Joysticks
: 6 Fire Buttons (plus other misc buttons)
: 1 Trackball
: 1 Spinner (oscar)

: So I am trying to figure out the best way to set this all up in my cabinet. Thanks for any input.

: -Magnet Eye




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