Simple Key board Hack Question

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Posted by Johnpurs on 3, 2001 at 6:02 PM:

I was palnning on making a Mini MAME Cab to Just Play Classics. Like Ms PAcman, Mr. DO!, Galaga type games. The control panel would only have a few buttons mapped. 1 & 2 Palyer start the arrow keys and 2 fire buttons. Could I just solder right to the inputs without any ghosting for a setup like this or do I have to trace out the matrix and all of that for such a simple hack? Also where do I get the ground in a setup like this? I have used KE24 and Ipac in the past never did a keyboard hack. Also If this is too difficult I was thinking about hacking a game pad. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

John

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Re: Simple Key board Hack Question bob 6/04/2001 (0)
We have a tutorial at Dragon's Den - URL Inside- mwmdragon 6/03/2001 (0)

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: I was palnning on making a Mini MAME Cab to Just Play Classics. Like Ms PAcman, Mr. DO!, Galaga type games. The control panel would only have a few buttons mapped. 1 & 2 Palyer start the arrow keys and 2 fire buttons. Could I just solder right to the inputs without any ghosting for a setup like this or do I have to trace out the matrix and all of that for such a simple hack? Also where do I get the ground in a setup like this? I have used KE24 and Ipac in the past never did a keyboard hack. Also If this is too difficult I was thinking about hacking a game pad. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. : Thanks, : John

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