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Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: PedroSilva on July 15, 2004, 05:17:11 pm ---Just one question:
I've notice a little delay on first response (on Windows) when you pass from the trackball to the spinner and vice versa ... once it starts working then it stays fine. Is this normal?

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I think so!  One of the nice features of the opti-pac is that both devices are not active at the same time.  So if you accidentally whack the trackball, it doesn't mess up your game of Tempest.  The only logical way to make this happen (the opti-pac has both controls wire up but only one works at a time) is with a delay circuit.

I'm pretty sure this delay is what you are seeing.
PedroSilva:

--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on July 15, 2004, 05:22:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: PedroSilva on July 15, 2004, 05:17:11 pm ---Just one question:
I've notice a little delay on first response (on Windows) when you pass from the trackball to the spinner and vice versa ... once it starts working then it stays fine. Is this normal?

--- End quote ---
I think so!  One of the nice features of the opti-pac is that both devices are not active at the same time.  So if you accidentally whack the trackball, it doesn't mess up your game of Tempest.  The only logical way to make this happen (the opti-pac has both controls wire up but only one works at a time) is with a delay circuit.

I'm pretty sure this delay is what you are seeing.

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Ok. Thanks ... I'm hapier by the day ... everything is starting to work fine and all on the first time ...  ;D

Should be finished by the weekend ... after that the one thing missing will be the (very hard) chosen of the games to install and install them ...  :D

Any hints for this final step ? I'll be using Mamewah (latest version) and Mame 0.84.

Lilwolf:
btw, what why did you go?

did you try the software only solution?  Or build the circuit board?  Or grab mice?

j
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