Posted by Games People Play on 8, 2001 at 10:24 AM:
In Reply to: Re: Racing Pedals posted by Tiger-Heli on 8, 2001 at 12:41 AM:
: : Does anyone know if the Happ driving pedals will interface with Mame? or Opti-Pac? Will it recognize the different speeds are just all on or all off? Thanks...
: Opti-Pac is only for rotary controls like spinners and trackballs.
: Regarding the Happ driving pedals, I haven't tested them myself. If I remember correctly, they are either switch or potentiometer based.
: The switch ones are designed to hook to a keyboard encoder (I-PAC). They are either full on or off.
: The potentiometers are meant to hook to the joystick port. See the post by me above about T2 guns for links to wiring. These can be hooked to an I-PAC but you would only get the full-on or full-off and nothing in between.
: BTW, I did some testing with an ohmmeter on some PC racing pedals that I bought and found similar results using the pots or a switch. (I.E. the pots stayed fairly level and then very quickly dropped to zero resistance.
: Also, some arcade games used switch pedals and some used pot pedals and this makes a difference in how the MAME driver handles things (Sometimes).
: Clear as mud? Post a followup if you didn't understand
Thank you-now that I think about it, the microswitch pedals will probably be the easier way to go....who doesn't play racing games at full throttle?