Rapid Fire Question?

[Rapid Controllerz]

Yola people. I am glad to be a new member of the modder communnity and even happier to be a Acid Modder. I was wondering if you can use a standard 555 timer and wire it up with the materials and instructions from this tutorial and it would be a rapid fire controller.
http://consolecustoms.net/auction/tutorials/360_dual_rapid_tutorial_new_8pin.pdf

[redryno1221]

no the timer used in the tut is a pic not a regular timer...