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Ed ONeill:

Here is the picture


Now I was thinking of putting in either a  quick bunny spinner or a hacked trackball mouse to the left of the joystick. For the trackball mouse hack I was thinking of using this or something like it http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=304049&pfp=BROWSE

Here is the situation :
when looking at the pictuere I have 3 inches between the joystick bolt and the green button and  there is also only 3 inches below the panel.

Seeing as each controller only does a small amount of games I would prefer to make a spinner hack because I can simply use my mouse for playing most trackball games.

Here are the questions
Is there a spinner hack that can fit in these dimensions.

Do you think the board for the trackball mouse hack will fit?

Signed
ED

 

Stingray:

A Slikstik Tornado will fit in that space.

-S

Lilwolf:

Add the spinner on the left side.

And move those buttons onto the side... (those are the admin / coin buttons right?)



Ed ONeill:

Stingray ... I made this laptop mame from spare and cheap parts, so I am looking for a cheap alternative.

lilwolf...sorry I should have specified
green is coin-up
yellow (left) is player 1 / shift
yellow (right)  player 2

Thanks
Ed

RayB:

If you're willing to cut a new CP and re-arrange everything, I'd say put a spinner in the middle, and move the joy over to the left.

It seems natural to stick a joystick right smack in the middle, but alot of arcade games would offset the joystick to the left (since you're expected to use your left hand).

The only situation that warrants putting it in the middle is when you want to make it equally ergonomic for people who use the other hand for the joy.



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