Posted by Mark Thomas on August 01, 1999 at 14:15:24:
Ok, yet another post about the Powerramp, but I haven't seen anyone to a direct comparison of the Ramp stick and the Mite gamepad. I plan to wire up some arcade controls, and am thinking about using one (perhaps two) of the Powerramps as encoders. They're the same price and have many of the same features, but here's what I see as differences:
1. Number of inputs
Ramp: 8(stick), 8(buttons), 6(10in1 prog buttons)
= 22 total inputs
Mite: 8(pad), 6(10in1 prog buttons), 10(6in1 prog buttons)
= 24 total inputs
2. The Ramp has autofire switches for each of the 8 buttons.
Since I don't care about autofire, it would seem that the Mite is a slightly better deal with 2 extra programmable inputs. The 24 inputs is the same as the Hagstrom! The only thing the Mite lacks are the KE-24's outputs for the CapsLock and NumLock LEDs. If anyone knows an easy way to access those signals please let me know!
Are there any other differences I've missed?
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Mark.