Posted by Andy Desak on 2, 2000 at 10:44 AM:
In Reply to: Re: Almost Univerisal interface + some psx questions posted by flip on 2, 2000 at 3:12 AM:
: : : I'm planing (i'll think about building it if i can get it to work in theory) on a sorta univerisal interface...
: : : Basically here's what i'm thinking about
: : : My custom built controls have a big fat plug on the end of them (more on this later) and i can either plug that into a keyboard encoder, directly into a dongle on a keyboard/keyboard hack/adapter to (almost) any console (via a pad hack)...
: : : i'm going with 10 buttons per controller here (4 dir/8 buttons/start/select..psx)
: : : which is 14 individual signals and as far as i can see it i'm going to have to need 2 wires per signal (so it would work with ANY keyb hack,etc...)
: : : which is just 3 more wires then a db25 has (would of been perfect)
: : : i was looking at scsi 1 db50 connectors, but i don't know of a place that sells solder connectors for these (in Australia)...
: : : once i have it all worked out i'll make a nice big write up about it...
: : :
: : : i was looking into making a couple of psx adapters (for friends and myself) and is there a cheaper way of getting/making connectors then hacking extension cords/multitaps..
: : :
: : : remove the nospam. from my email address to mail me..
: : If the DB25 is not enough for you then you can get a Centronics switchbox. This will switch 35 lines at once. This company sell a 4 position one for $10....dont know what it would cost to ship to you though.
: : Http://www.newark.com
: : But if you think about it....how many PC games or MAME games will need 8 buttons per joystick....none that I can think of. So if you just hook up 6 for each joystick for PC games that will be 4 less buttons you need to switch and the DB25 will work.
: : If you need any more help just let me know!
: : -Andy Desak
: : Arcade Solutions
: nice advice but not quite the solution i'm looking for...here's how the system will work
: [1]--2-- [3]
: 1.) the panel (with two wires per button / direction/etc
: 2.) (stuck into 1) the fat cable that contains all the wires (28) and has a whatever connecter on the end
: 3.) the adapter where the fat cables go into (2 panels, i want them to be seperatable for louge room play with consoles).. this would have a hacked joypad/keyboard/encoder in it
: this way i'd only have to make a new adapter(3) each time i want to connect it to something new
: i want to use something like db25 cause of the ease of (un)plugging it in/out
: (remove nospam. from email address)
Ummm, if I am understanding you right you want to just have 1 cable coming out of the box for multiple systems, right? Get yourself a 4 position DB25 or Centronics switchbox. It will have 4 inputs and 1 output. Hook your main cable from your controller to the output. You will have to put your encoder and hacked gamepads in the controller also. Now, use an input from the switchbox or each set of controls that you have. With a turn of the swithc you can go from PSX to PC.
-Andy Desak
Arcade Solutions