Please read, Complicated matter. Almost there, need help with switchboxes.


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Posted by Agent Davis on 2, 2000 at 12:25 PM:

What kind of switchbox could I get that I could wire my controls into the "in" and have an "A" out that ran to my pc encoder and a "B" out that ran to jamma? I've looked at switchboxes on the net but all I can find is switchboxes that let you hook up several parallel port itemes (ie: printer, scanner) and switch between the two. Would this work for the purpose I want it to? I'm actually going to need 3 switchboxes. I'm doing this all in order to keep the original jamma intact. One switchbox from control panel to switchbox to A) PC B) JAMMA. Second switchbox to switch between A) PC to arcade monitor B) Jamma to arcade monitor (or could I just wire both to the arcade monitor at the same time, eliminating the need for this switchbox?). Third Switchbox to switch PC to A) Arcade monitor switchbox B) PC monitor. I know this sounds confusing but if you draw it down on paper it will make sense to you. Basically A,A,A will be Mame machine. B,B,B will be jamma. A,A,B will be PC to pc monitor. I hope you all understand this and can give me some help on how to build these switchboxes simple. It has to be cheap as well. If this becomes too much of a hassle I will scrap it but it seems really cool. This is a way to have a mame machine, jamma machine in one. Like I said if its too much of a hassle or too expensive I won't do it but it seems unique. Also, one more question. What kind of wire should I use to wire up everything? I'm not sure how thick it should be and the type to get. Thanks everyone for all of your help. I assure you all of what I'm doing will be recorded on a web page so that I'll be "giving back" all of what you all have helped me through. Once again, thanks!


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