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Mini trackballs?
« on: February 17, 2004, 04:17:42 pm »
Are there mini trackballs that would work well on a bartop cab?

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Re:Mini trackballs?
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2004, 04:19:03 pm »
there were laptop mice that had a trackball orientation--they ran on the 9 -pin serial port.  let me see if i can dig up a pic.

ah go here:

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Re:Mini trackballs?
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2004, 07:54:53 pm »
Happs makes a 1.5" trackball, but it's pretty damn expensive...

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Re:Mini trackballs?
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2004, 09:29:24 pm »
Or hack a Logitech Trackball Mouse to use.  There's several models to choose from.  
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Re:Mini trackballs?
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2004, 09:46:55 pm »
i have one of the units like menace posted, they are great for windows navigation but not the right feel for games I find.  Also, they wont stand upto much abuse for games like marble madness.

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Re:Mini trackballs?
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2004, 09:49:56 pm »
I was in a Ruby Tuesday's a little while ago for lunch in East Lansing, MI, and they had a bartop Golden Tee sitting right on the bar.  This was a tiny bartop, a little smaller than my Happy Hour cabinet.  It had a trackball in it about the size of a golfball.  I guess that probably had to be the Happ 1-1/2" one, I don't know what else it would have been.