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Hoopz:

GGG sells a cable that you use to connect a trackball to the Opti-Wiz.  If you use this cable, you use the No-Solder Opti-Wiz.  If you don't use this cable and want to solder to connect your controls to the Opti-Wiz, then you order the solder version.

D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 24, 2010, 03:54:25 pm ---The Opti-Wiz is an Optical interface.  It supports spinners/trackballs AND 3 buttons.  The buttons can be used for any function including, but not limited to, mouse or keyboard buttons.

The Mini-Pac supports trackball and spinners AND up to 28 different buttons plus shifted buttons. 

Comparing those two products is comparing apples and oranges though.  The Opti-Wiz (Groovy Game Gear's product) and the Opti-Pac (Ultimarc's product) are the products that
are closest to each other in terms of offerings, pricing, etc.  They are competing products.

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Well, I wasn't referring to the Opti-PAC. Nevertheless, after searching the site I found nothing on buttons, so how would one play any spinner game that required buttons and there also is no pricing info.

But getting back to the other controllers. The Opti-Wiz is for simple spinner/trackball games. And the Mini-PAC which costs twice as much allows joystick games and games that have more than three buttons.(I'm not counting admin buttons).


--- Quote ---If you have the Mini-Pac, you don't have to rewire it to play different games.

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But again, how does one switch back and forth between a spinner game like Arkanoid and a button game like Asteroids?(See pic).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 24, 2010, 04:21:07 pm ---GGG sells a cable that you use to connect a trackball to the Opti-Wiz.  If you use this cable, you use the No-Solder Opti-Wiz.  If you don't use this cable and want to solder to connect your controls to the Opti-Wiz, then you order the solder version.

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Ok, that is not clear on the site. Neither is what the "USB Device Number" reference is.

I guess the solder version would be preferable if you're not sure if the pin-outs of your trackball or spinner is compatible.

So that brings the price of to that of the Mini-PAC.(I'm still not clear about which cable to use with the Mini-PAC either).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Hoopz:


--- Quote from: D_Harris on April 24, 2010, 04:42:03 pm ---
But again, how does one switch back and forth between a spinner game like Arkanoid and a button game like Asteroids?(See pic).

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You don't have to do anything.  You end a game and start a new one.  The interface does the work automatically. The controls are active at all times. 

D_Harris:


--- Quote from: Hoopz on April 24, 2010, 05:18:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: D_Harris on April 24, 2010, 04:42:03 pm ---
But again, how does one switch back and forth between a spinner game like Arkanoid and a button game like Asteroids?(See pic).

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You don't have to do anything.  You end a game and start a new one.  The interface does the work automatically. The controls are active at all times.  

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If you look at the site there are two different harnesses. A "Switch Harness" and a "Trackball/Spinner Harness".

It is not clear if I need both or just the "Trackball/Spinner Harness".

The Mini-PAC I have is not the one in the pic, but I believe an older version. It has what looks like two PS/2 female connectors on the PCB.(As well as the 40 pin  and the 9 pin male connectors).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

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