View Full Version : IPac vs. XArcade BYO
Captain Wrong
05-31-2005, 02:53 PM
I'm finally getting around to building an interface for my coffin controller, pictured here...
http://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00093_01.jpg
I'm not up to keyboard hacking so I'm looking at the IPac and the XArcade BYO. Any thoughts on these two different interfaces? I like the fact that the Ipac is cheap, but if I go with the BYO, I can get adapters for the consoles, which appeals to me greatly. For that reason, I'll probably end up with the Xarcade, but I was just wondering if anyone prefered one over the other.
chadtower
05-31-2005, 03:01 PM
The Xarcade board isn't built nearly as well as the Ipac, and I believe the IPac has adapters for some consoles now, IIRC.
Captain Wrong
05-31-2005, 03:06 PM
The Xarcade board isn't built nearly as well as the Ipac, and I believe the IPac has adapters for some consoles now, IIRC.
I saw an Xbox adapter on their site with promises of more "coming soon." I wish they were a little less vague on that.
chadtower
05-31-2005, 04:10 PM
Ultimarc is one guy... pretty hard to nail down dates and such if you're one guy with a family.
Flack
05-31-2005, 04:57 PM
I have not used an Xarcade board so I can't speak about it, but I can tell you that I've installed 3 different IPacs and each time I'm amazed at how smooth and easy the installations go. In my main MAME cabinet I left the original arcade CP and just wired up my IPac to the joystick and buttons in place. The one in my cabinet is a PS/2 model and my friend has the USB model and both work fine and required 0 configuration. I know that Ultimarc has software that will allow you to alter the config of the buttons and stuff but I run stock MAME so I've never had a reason to need to do so.
chadtower
06-01-2005, 08:52 AM
Ultimarc produces very high quality products, and Andy provides excellent support. He actually cares whether or not people are able to get his products working.
Stingray
06-01-2005, 01:02 PM
I agree that the iPac is a very high quality product. I can recommend it 100%. I have no experience with any Xarcade products, but I do see complaints about their quality control pop up every once in a while on another forum.
-S