>On Mon, 17 Nov 1997 09:00:24 -0800 Clay Cowgill < >
>writes:
>I've got a few Arkanoid spinners (with a lead on two from a Cocktail
>Arkanoid) and I would like to know if it is possible to use them with
>this interface board. Or should I wait for your PIC do-everything spinner
>interface?
The Sega Spinner Interface board takes two quadrature inputs and outputs a
7 bit + direction count. My little PIC spinner thing does the same, but
since the Sega uses an I/O write line to select either "buttons" or
"spinner" for input you still need a PCB to handle the muxing of the two.
I'll know more for sure when I get the first samples of the G80
daughtercard and spinner, but I suspect that pretty much anything that uses
an optical interrupter type quadrature system would work for input to the
Spinner board. I've got a Tron spinner, a Tempest one, a couple Atari
Whirly-gigs (Blasteroids), and a Sega spinner to try (plus an HP and
Clarostat encoder). I'll try to make a little "compatibility" chart.
>p.s. Where do I send the $$$ for the Multigame? Drool!
I'll let everyone know once the prototypes check out. ;-)
-Clay
Clayton N. Cowgill Engineering Manager
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