MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Problem with playstation->joystick input?

> I have a PSX+N64 USB converter and it works just fine with MAME.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXfyBoRQYaw
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> It only works after Windows 7 detects the hardware and successfully installs driver
> software for it.

Ah, a Lik-Sang 'Boom' adaptor from days gone. How is the soldering job on your one? The one I bought back in 2002 didn't even work from the shop, took it back and got another one which also didn't work properly (the D-Pad would intermittently get stuck on down/right and no buttons worked). After taking it apart, two of the wires on the PCB (PSX connector) simply fell off due to lack of solder. What also didn't help was the fact that every single wire was the exact same colour.

I eventually ripped apart an old 9 pin (DB25 type, not DE9) serial ribbon cable and removed the outer 2 wires since the adaptor only uses 7, using this in place of the original short wires. I removed the PSX port from its original position in the case, wired it to the end of the serial cable and modified the PSX port to fit the original DB25 sheath. The hole in the case was actually filled in using a Pringles lid, since I didn't have anything else which was transparent.

If I can find it in my labyrinth of junk, I will chuck a photo on here, however I haven't seen/used it since around 2006 when I got my Logitech Dual Action.

On the Nintendo 64 side, I never actually had any trouble with the Boom adaptor, aside from finding that only proper Nintendo controllers would work with it (I had a knockoff controller which would work perfectly on the N64 but go haywire in the adaptor).