My thoughts on getting the most out of your IPAC / Encoder...

Posted by jarr_d on 26, 2001 at 6:09 AM:

I have two dual-8way with 8 pushbutton controllers.
That comes to 16 inputs. However, an IPAC only gives you 12 inputs per player. (not including starts/coins)

However again, AFAIK, no dual-joy game requires more than 4 buttons at a time (Stompin' doesn't count)

So you really only need 12 inputs at a time...
1 8way + 8 pushbuttons = 12 or
2 8way + 4 pushbuttons = 12

So, if I were to select the four pushbuttons that I would NOT want to use while dual joysticking and wire these and the right hand joystick up to a switch that would either allow the ground to the buttons OR the right joystick, and run the rest of the wires as pairs, I could run 4 controllers of these controllers off my 2 IPAC's.

Let me know what you think.

jarr_d

Follow Ups:

• The proper way to run an I-PAC Kithera 5/29/2001 (0)
• Re: My thoughts on getting the most out of your IPAC / Encoder... Lilwolf 5/26/2001 (5)
  • my post was meant as "getting the most for the least" jarr_d 5/26/2001 (0)
  • MK64 inquiry Mojo2000 5/26/2001 (3)
    • Responce to feedback Ron Michallick 5/29/2001 (1)
      • Hey! Nice to see your reply, Ron. Mojo2000 5/29/2001 (0)
    • Oops, forgot to add. Mojo2000 5/26/2001 (0)

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