Vectrex link question...

[Malban]

Hi,
to all you "hardware" guys... 
Do you think it might be possible to use: 
Genesis/Megadrive Adapter

To connect a vectrex to a Vide running pc and let an emulated vectrex be veclink(2) connected to a real one?
I am kind of intrigued by the idea, but I dont know if the electronic inside the usb converter is able to handle that kind of "switching".

Any thoughts?

Malban

[kokovec]

Hmm...
If it's configured as a dual HID joystick device probably not.
It's probably only configured for input to the PC.

In theory you could use a USB to RS-232 adapter and convert the signals with a microcontroller at the Vectrex end.
That would be the easiest route.

[mountaingoat]

Malban, I am far from a hardware guy but based on the experience of the shutter glasses, the simplest solution may be to use a Teensy (kind of like an Arduino, just cooler).

The Teensy has built-in support to be pretty much any kind of USB device to a PC and has all the Arduino IO support you could want.

So the PC could even see a USB keyboard - easy to write a "driver" for in Vide - and the Vectrex pin(s) could be "tweaked" on the IO side. This is similar to what kokovec is saying.