Posted by BillyBoy on 4, 2000 at 2:32 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Keyboard Encoder??? posted by DigitalPuppy on 3, 2000 at 2:54 PM:
Recommend IPAC. Andy is top notch - answered all my questions, builds and ships a great product, AND put up with my whining when it was Canada Post's fault (had to wait like a whole 10 days - impatient I guess !)
Just the ticket in my opinion
BB
: I looked in to hagstron but their price is quite high unfortunatly. :( I do want to go the encoder way because its safer than going the keyboard hack way...
: the CP that i want to build has 2 joysticks, 6 buttons for each player, pause button, reset button, 1 player credit, 2 player credit, 1 player start, 2 player start...
: so i would have 26 inputs in total if i go 4 way joysticks?
: what encoder would you recomend in this particular case?
: I was told LP24 from hagstron would be ok... what do you think?
: btw, i emailed over to I-pac and i have recived no response... Is hagstron good to do buisness with?
: About my location in Ohio:
: Perry county Ohio :( boring place. Very country sided. Small town called New Straitsville.
: Here is my website: http://kickme.to/digitalpuppy
: As soon as i start my control panel project i will be adding info there. As for now nothing is there but old stuff.
:
: : The Hagstrom encoders allow you to update the configurations easily through the keyboard cable or a serial cable. The KE72-T is currently the top of the line with 72 discrete input (no ghosting) and a Trackaball/Spinner interface built in.
: : Personally I like seperate control panels. I have one that has 2 Joysticks, and 5 buttons/player. This covers a lot of games. However, games like Tempest/Arkanoid/Warlords/and driving games need a spinner. A second control panel handles that. I also have a "TRON" control panel. It works with Tron, Zaxxon, Gorf, etc.
: : BTW: I noticed your email address is ohiohills.com. Where in Ohio are you? COlumbus here....