Posted by flip on 2, 2000 at 9:42 PM:
In Reply to: Re: I think I can clarify...(more) posted by Nefarious on 2, 2000 at 7:27 PM:
: I believe I am doing the same thing as flip. I have a Happ Super-8 in a Radio Shack project box with 8 buttons (6 push buttons - Street Fighter style and 2 for start and coin). I chopped a 25' DB25 male-to-male cable in half. I wired 24 of the 25 wires to the microswitches (pin 1 = Joy UP (hot), pin 2 = Joy UP (GND), etc.)
: Now I can create what I call "modules." Any system that I want to connect to has it's own module. Inside the PC's would be a keyboard hack, inside the Dreamcast a hacked Quantum Fighter Pad, and so on. I solder the connections from the hacks to a female DB25 with solder cups, then all I have to do is connect the joysticks cable to the module and life is good!
: As soon as I get some time I will have a webpage with pics and a write up of the project.
: -Nefarious
yep thats quite similar to my goal.. (except i won't be starting till end of year when i get my self a new super pc)
the idea is that the system could be expanded to..
picture this... a nice big arcade cabinet near the front there is a little 4 way switch which selects between psx/pc/dc/etc (of course there'd have to be a way of sliding the consoles out to change games..) now you could slide the controls out an unplug them (while off) and slap in a new panel..and anothere switch that reroutes all the pc cables out side the cabinet and into your desk where you can play un-arcade games on it...
(and no i'm not going this far with my one just arcade controls for my pc that i can cart into the louge for psx
btw i'll think i'll go with centronics 36-pin for the joystick to adapter cabling...
also those anyone know how exactly most commericial manual switchboxes work, as there are so many possibilties. more importantly are most of them easy to get into and hack around...
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