On Thursday 27 October 2005 23:24, Robin Gilks wrote: > Greetings > > Rather than just go out and buy a wireless gamepad, I've decided to > build > a more substantial arcade control panel that I can plonk on the coffee > table and bash away at (better arcade 'feel'). I reckon a nicely > polished > bit of remu or kauri will look good and will be good practice for my > carpentry skills. > > I plan on hacking a wireless keyboard to do this but so far I've been > unable to find a good hack. Does anyone have any recommendations for: > - cheap keyboard with a good (6m plus) range > - complete set of hack instructions > - source of joysticks & switches suitable for this scale of arcade > control panel. > > Would a better starting place be a wireless gamepad (say a Saitek > P3000) > rather than a keyboard? > > Cheers
Try googling for "arcade controls" and "mame". There are a lot of sites dedicated to exactly this. The top suppliers of arcade controls are X-Arcade (http://www.x-arcade.com) and Ultimarc (http://www.ultimarc.com). If you're willing to drop a little coin (~$100 for a single-joystick, ~$150 for dual-joystick, from the x-arcade site), you can buy a panel pre-built, ready to install and suitable for sitting on your coffee table or installing in a bona fide arcade cabinet. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
