Posted by Mr SaLTy on September 02, 1999 at 18:29:30:
In Reply to: Need some suggestions!!! posted by Tripps on September 02, 1999 at 17:08:09:
As far as a cordless keyboard goes...
I have the cordless desktop from Logitech (cordless mouse and keyboard) on another PC and it works great. I Really like it. Its radio freq. not IR and it works a ton better then the crappy IR ones work.
: The MAMESteroids machine is almost complete! I am almost done with my asteroids machine conversion into a MAME machine. I picked up a completely empty Asteroids cabinet with a control panel and have mounted two new WICO joysticks, tracball, spinner and a gazzzzzzillion buttons, all interfaced through a Hagstrom KE24 high speed encoder. It works AWSOME!!!!
: Now for the suggestions I need.... Its a pain in the #*(&*#!!! to use the keyboard, as there is no good place to put it. Right now, I pull the keyboard out through the coin door and prop it up somewhere near the game, nearby chair, etc.. Has anyone come up with a good (simple) design for a shelf, used a wireless keyboard and actually liked it, etc?????
: Also, I more than occasionally want to use my Thrustmaster Steering Wheel and pedals, and right now I cant think up a really good and convenient way to do this. Obviously, some type of shelf to mount this to would solve the problem, and might also help with the keyboard problem as well, but a really good design would come in handy. Free beer to the winning design!!
: And now my final question for fellow arcade geeks who are smarter than I... is there a way to launch the KE24 with proper/game-specific config when a particular MAME or Retrocade game is launched all in one fell swoop? Is there a front-end that accomplishes this task? Can I tell WIN98 to do this somehow?