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Author Topic: CP with keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball  (Read 1086 times)

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CP with keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball
« on: June 07, 2004, 04:23:54 pm »
I have a question about building a CP with a keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball.

I's like to use an I-PAC for the sticks and buttons, a tornado spinner (USB or PS/2input) and a betson/imperial  trackball that comes with the PS/2 input.  Since the tornado spinner is not compatible with an Opti-PAC - I cannot use an Opti-PAC for the spinner and trackball (also the trackball already comes neatly wired for PS/2).

So, how do I connect everything up to the PC?  Will the PC recognize and allow more than one "mouse"?  Should I use all PS/2 or a combination with USB for the tornado spinner?

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Re:CP with keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2004, 04:33:17 pm »
If you use WINDOWS for an OS, just hook up the Trackball to PS2 and the Tornado to the USB.
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Re:CP with keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2004, 04:42:41 pm »
So I feed the PS/2 port on the PC to the keyboard, i-PAC and trackball?  Does this just use pass-thru cables?

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Re:CP with keyboard emulator, spinner & trackball
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2004, 04:57:00 pm »
So I feed the PS/2 port on the PC to the keyboard, i-PAC and trackball?  Does this just use pass-thru cables?
Tornado to USB
Trackball to Computer PS/2 mouse port (green usually)
I-PAC to Computer PS/2 Keyboard port (purple usually)
Computer Keyboard to I-PAC pass-thru port (KBD)
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