Posted by Tom61 on 2, 2000 at 8:33 PM:
In Reply to: Almost Univerisal interface + some psx questions posted by flip on 1, 2000 at 10:24 PM:
Centronics connections have 50 wires, and these should be pretty easy to find, since these connectors are used on printers. This type of cable would probably be easier to switch "adapters" with as there are just 2 clips, instead of two screws.
Just make sure you turn the system off before you switch "adapters", otherwise you might fry the system.
Are extension cables really that expensive? I've bought a pad for $7(US) and it came with a 5 foot extension cable.
: 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...
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: 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..
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: remove the nospam. from my email address to mail me..