Posted by Tom61 on August 08, 1999 at 14:51:11:
In Reply to: Asking 1 last time. Diode and key board hack? posted by Jim M on August 08, 1999 at 00:23:52:
I've never quite figured out how diodes are supposed to help with ghosting, since they just limit which way elctricity can travel. I think people were thinking diodes were more like gates(this is the wrong word for this), where they could redirect electricity away from the wrong parts.
Perhaps, when building a small hack (one player), it would help a little (a post below mentions an added key press before ghosting). Since alot of the early hacks were smaller (around 9 inputs?), this may be where diodes were working, and hence the ongoing assumption that diodes will solve ghosting no matter what the size.
Please note, I am not an electrical engineer. Although I do have around 9 college credit hours in electronics (including DC fundamentals).