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Attaching pedals to a GP1 TM

Leo Landma

Attaching pedals to a GP1 TM

by Leo Landma » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Sure,  just get yourself a set of CH Pedals. They are cheap, accurate and
reliable. The GP1's connector will plug right into it and away you go!

Bye,
Leo

JVizoso.freeserve.co.u

Attaching pedals to a GP1 TM

by JVizoso.freeserve.co.u » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I use a joyswitch multiport data switcher to mix an match my growing
collection of pedals and wheels.It lets you plug different wheels and pedals
together..I've got an acts lab wheel but the pedals are a bit all or
nothing..just what you don't need if you drive a lotus!..so I use my thrusty
pedals instead.
                             bye jv

Mark Croasdal

Attaching pedals to a GP1 TM

by Mark Croasdal » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I bought a really cheap and *** (damaged and price reduced) wheel and
pedal set so I could salvage the pedals to go with my GP1.  I took the lead
off an old joystick and wired it into the pedals and threw the wheel into
the spares box.

Originally I used a "Y" connector (for attaching two standard joysticks to
one port) and re-wired it to get the pedals single axis to replace the
paddles axis on the GP1.

Later, when I got a PDPI L4 digital game port card, which has two
connectors, I just plugged the wheel into one connector and the pedals into
the other.  The advantage of having done all my re-wiring in the "Y"
connector meant that the plugs were still intact.  GPL can read more than
one joystick, so all went well.

A slight hitch was encountered when I got a copy of TOCA2 though.  TOCA2 can
read more than one joystick, but expects each player setup to use only the
axes from one at a time.  I got round this from using the "Virtual stick"
utility provided with the PDPI, which can combine a great variety of axes
and buttons from a number of joysticks and present it to the operating
system as though it was a single joystick.

On a slightly different topic, I am just coming to the crunch with the wheel
as I think the main potentiometer is wearing out.  Having had a look at it
(it's a crummy looking bit of kit) adapting an off-the-shelf item as a
replacement is going to be a bit of a headache, because of the way it is
mounted.  Anyone else had to do this?

Mark Croasdale


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