Posted by Voch on 17, 2000 at 6:47 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Gravis Gamepad Pro USB-based arcade contoller on Mac... posted by Ron Pool on 17, 2000 at 5:50 PM:
: 1) Do the USB gamepads keep their controller
: numbers, or are they randomly assigned every
: time you restart your Mac?
I think they keep their assignments, but I've been playing with USB for only a week or so. It seems with my USB card "first" controller to be plugged in is Controller 1 and the second is Controller 2.
: 2) Can you have 3 or more USB GamePads? I'd like
: to have more than two and use the 3rd one
: for extra buttons like CoinA/B, Start1/2, etc.
Theoretically, you can have as many as ports you have. And you can do LOTS with a hub. Specifically: MAME supports up to eight controllers. I think the InputSprocket software supports eight controllers, too.