laptop mouse - Replacement for Trackball ?

[DOC]

these days ppl are using Trackballs.. i was thinking : have anyone tried to hack the mouse on a hmm.. what's it called? " laptop? "

now.. my thoughts are to replace the Track ball with a mouse from a laptop ?

have any1 inhere allready done that? or is it too expensive and so on?
i think it would look awesome on your CP!!  

" what you think about it "

- doc...

[tmasman]

Are you thinking a "Touchpad" or an analog "nub" (The kind in the middle of the keys that you just maneuver with slight pressure)...

In my opinion either one would not render itself well to playing games with... With a touchpad you would never be able to "spin" the ball... And one of those "nubs" would just drive me crazy trying to play Marble Madness or other such games...

If you are talking about the touchpad, they have those available for Desktop computers... They usually connect through the serial port. There's an electronics store close to me that carries them for less than $20 I believe. I'm not sure how easy it would be to do something with one of those "nubs" though...

In any case, if you decide to mess with this idea further, please let us know how you like it.

~ tmasman

[Stingray]

A touchpad would be great if you just want it for setup and so on. They're utterly worthless for playing games of just about any type though.

-S

[DOC]

i also ment using them for setup and so

i will let you ppl know if i may attempt " i'm very temptped to do it "

[Stingray]

Shouldn't be any more complicated than adding a trackball to your CP.

-S