Posted by shift4 on January 30, 2002 at 03:48:13:
In Reply to: Reply to shift4..... posted by Agent Davis on January 30, 2002 at 03:14:35:
acutally i dont know why i chose to have 3 buttons for the 4-way. i guess i saw it on someones cab so i thought everyone does it that way.
this is what i am gonna do from reading your(agent davis)post and lilwolf.
i will put connect the 4-way joystick(only) together with the 8-way joystick(only) in the ipac and hook up the ground of the 4-way to a switch. as for the buttons for the 4-way--i will use them from the player 2's 8-way buttons.
let me know if i am not makin any sense (:
thanks so much
: 8-way = 4 inputs
: 8-way = 4
: 4-way = 4
: Buttons = 15
: Total = 27 inputs
: IPac can handle 28 inputs leaving you with one extra.
: However, why exactly do you need the 3 buttons for the 4 player stick? I see people do this sometimes and I think it's excessive and clutters the panel too much. You will NEVER use an 8-way at the same time as a 4-way so why not just use a set of buttons from one of the 8-ways? This can easily be designed and will more than likely happen to turn out that way anyway. Doing it this way will allow you 4 extra buttons, 2 of which you can use as Start buttons and the other 2 you can put on the cab sides as pinball buttons, on the front as coin or admin buttons, or whatever!
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: : i am also putting together a mame cabinet soon and i will be gettin the ipac too. i am plannin on puttin (2) 8-ways with 6 buttons for each, (1) 4-way with 3 buttons, and a trackball via mouse hack. can someone tell me how many more extra buttons i can have on this cp with ipac? cuz i still need to have 1 & 2 player buttons and some other extra buttons but i dont know how much ipac can handle.
: : thanks
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: : : im putting toghter a mame cabinet with 2 cantrols, with 6 buttons for each one and oscar spenner. I like what the ipac has,and I dont konw much about the hagstrom interfaces.