John Bennett
Senior Member
[ukvac] Re: : Mame Keyboard Interface
Sounds good to me!
Your not a partner in Budd, Martin, Burret solictors are you?
Chris!
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 02:25:55 -0800 Peter Budd <peter.budd@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Would there be any interest if I produced a joystick-keyboard interface
> for use in Mame?
>
> I, like many others I presume, play games on Mame using the circuit
> board from a PC keyboard that has joysticks and switches connected
> where the key contacts would normally be. Most of you will be aware
> that this is not an ideal situation as most PC keyboards are scanned as
> a matrix and three keys pressed simultaneously can produce spurious key
> presses - especially where two players are playing at the same time.
>
> I propose to use a simple MPU like a PIC with separately wired inputs
> (probably about 30 of them) which can be simply wired to a standard
> control panel.
>
> I haven't really looked at cost but in the £30 range sounds about right
> to me.
>
> Whadyya all think?
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
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Sounds good to me!
Your not a partner in Budd, Martin, Burret solictors are you?
Chris!
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 02:25:55 -0800 Peter Budd <peter.budd@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Would there be any interest if I produced a joystick-keyboard interface
> for use in Mame?
>
> I, like many others I presume, play games on Mame using the circuit
> board from a PC keyboard that has joysticks and switches connected
> where the key contacts would normally be. Most of you will be aware
> that this is not an ideal situation as most PC keyboards are scanned as
> a matrix and three keys pressed simultaneously can produce spurious key
> presses - especially where two players are playing at the same time.
>
> I propose to use a simple MPU like a PIC with separately wired inputs
> (probably about 30 of them) which can be simply wired to a standard
> control panel.
>
> I haven't really looked at cost but in the £30 range sounds about right
> to me.
>
> Whadyya all think?
>
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
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>
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Anglia Polytechnic University
Rivermead Campus
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