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D_Harris:


--- Quote from: ubiquityman on February 22, 2010, 09:47:48 pm ---It will work depending on the track ball.
A smooth, white, trackball without any patterns, does not have enough texture for the optical sensor to pick up.

Computer trackballs are that way today.
The newer one consist of an optical sensor on the bottom and a ball that has a pattern.



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Have you actually tried that particular trackball? (I certainly would put one of those in any cp I made).  ;D

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Havok:

Ok, so let's get this straight. You've got a cheap ass mouse that you are dead set on using, even though you have better options sitting around. Fine. You want a 5 button control panel. With a spinner, and maybe a trackball. Great. So you hack said mouse which gives you an X and Y axis for a trackball, and a Z axis for a spinner. 5 buttons max with a mouse. (Most only give you three - are you sure you get five with what you have?)

I hope you remember that you will need at least one button for coining up a game, and one for exiting the game. I suppose you could combine the buttons for coin up and start so you save one there. That leaves you only three for actual gameplay. Is that enough for you? what games do you plan on playing? Sure you don't want to add other admin buttons? A pause button would be great. How about player 2 coinup? Some games require a separate input there. What about a tab button, so you can configure the games within mame?

Do you see how limited you are yet? Those interfaces that are "overkill" actually can come in quite handy, and are cheap to boot.

BTW - Randy's in your part of the country, as am I - we're all in the same state.



D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Havok on February 24, 2010, 12:37:18 am ---Ok, so let's get this straight. You've got a cheap ass mouse that you are dead set on using, even though you have better options sitting around. Fine. You want a 5 button control panel. With a spinner, and maybe a trackball. Great. So you hack said mouse which gives you an X and Y axis for a trackball, and a Z axis for a spinner. 5 buttons max with a mouse. (Most only give you three - are you sure you get five with what you have?)

I hope you remember that you will need at least one button for coining up a game, and one for exiting the game. I suppose you could combine the buttons for coin up and start so you save one there. That leaves you only three for actual gameplay. Is that enough for you? what games do you plan on playing? Sure you don't want to add other admin buttons? A pause button would be great. How about player 2 coinup? Some games require a separate input there. What about a tab button, so you can configure the games within mame?

Do you see how limited you are yet? Those interfaces that are "overkill" actually can come in quite handy, and are cheap to boot.

BTW - Randy's in your part of the country, as am I - we're all in the same state.

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Then perhaps it's my part of the state.(NYC).

Nevertheless, the problem here is that you're not reading or understanding me.

I said 5 buttons and a spinner. 5 buttons and a spinner. 5 buttons and a spinner...

And I'm talking about game play buttons.(Not that any of this was supposed to be about my specific project).

Admin and other functions will be relegated to the keyboard.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Havok:

Have at it then. It will work, but mouse hacks are so passé, and keyboards with arcade cabs are lame.

You are right, I'm not understanding you. I guess it's similar to someone who drives a Kia; they think it drives great, until someone lets them drive a Mercedes.

You, my friend are a Kia...

 :cheers:




D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Havok on February 24, 2010, 01:10:48 am ---Have at it then. It will work, but mouse hacks are so passé, and keyboards with arcade cabs are lame.

You are right, I'm not understanding you. I guess it's similar to someone who drives a Kia; they think it drives great, until someone lets them drive a Mercedes.

You, my friend are a Kia...

 :cheers:


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And I didn't say anything about an arcade cab...

(This is to be a very small panel).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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