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Recommendations for dual trackball interface...
PL1:
--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on January 22, 2014, 03:24:39 pm ---Can windows handle two mice?
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It does just fine with a UTrak on a Mini-Pac, a TT2 Spinner, and a wireless keyboard with trackball -- 3 X-axes and 2 Y-axes, all at once. ;D
--- Quote from: HaRuMaN on January 22, 2014, 03:24:39 pm ---I know you can get the Happ trackballs in the USB flavor, each one with 3 buttons...
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Rodney's selling reconditioned Happ trackballs and interfaces here.
Solder wires to an AVR (running KADE firmware) or get a KADE for the buttons -- fully customizable.
I think Jon is also working on a firmware that will allow KADE to accept raw optical inputs from a trackball -- haven't heard how that's coming along.
Scott
shrunkenmaster:
Cheers PL1, will look into this too!
Afterburner:
I have two trackballs on my cab.
Both are Xarcade 3-inch USB trackballs. I'm running WinXP and it handles two USB mice just fine.
In fact I think at one point I had one via PS2 connector and one on USB.
Both have three buttons on them as well that work fine as a mouse for maintenance on the PC.
I have two rotary 8way leaf switch joysticks connected to an old iPac2 (PS2 keybd interface) and an old board that converts the 12 position rotary switch in the joystick to a keypress on the iPac.
All of it plays together fine.
I also find dual trackballs are great for two player gun games like T2, Op Wolf, Spacegun, etc. if you don't have lightguns.
Le Chuck:
Windows can handle 8 analog axes at once IIRC. Plug'em in!
shrunkenmaster:
Hmm, spend money or don't spend money, tough call! Will certainly give it a try :applaud: