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Author Topic: Look at the size of this trackball!  (Read 2592 times)

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rampy

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Look at the size of this trackball!
« on: July 31, 2002, 03:25:44 pm »
Found this over in the RGVAC usenet group via google...
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>Check out this lab prototype from the Atari Games lab.  >It's a trackball
>designed to be used with your feet.
> http://www.safestuff.com/foottrak1.jpg
> http://www.safestuff.com/foottrak2.jpg

article link here

I don't think I could mount that on my cp =P  looks like fun though... sad that it never took off.

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Re:Look at the size of this trackball!
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2002, 06:00:48 pm »
That's nothing, look at the trackball for Hyperbowling, fullsize bowling ball.
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Re:Look at the size of this trackball!
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2002, 06:27:06 pm »
Quote from: rampy on July 31, 2002, 03:25:44 pm

Found this over in the RGVAC usenet group via google...
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>Check out this lab prototype from the Atari Games lab.  >It's a trackball
>designed to be used with your feet.
> http://www.safestuff.com/foottrak1.jpg
> http://www.safestuff.com/foottrak2.jpg

article link here

I don't think I could mount that on my cp =P  looks like fun though... sad that it never took off.


I can see why this never made it to market.  Playing games after someone else has had thier grubby hands on them is bad enough, but can you say foot germs?  Yuck!

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Re:Look at the size of this trackball!
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2002, 07:41:47 pm »
hmmm... I never thought about it that way... I guess you could get a bad case of athlete's hand that way =P

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