good trackball????

[missioncontrol]

I just won one of these on E-bay...has anyone hacked one of these for their control panel??? If so how'd it go??? do some of you experts have any opinions on this???


http://www.epinions.com/expert_mouse_pro_s0775966/_redir_att__~1/display_~reviews

Thanks for any input...........



oooops sorry you'll have to copy and past it can't get it all as a clickable link or try this :

(not my auction)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11193&item=5112401501&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Doc-]

I did not try this particular model, but I had something similar for an earlier version of my cabinet.

It worked fine for games like centipede and missile command where it is used to direct the cursor, but really would not work for games where you spin the trackball hard (Golf games, shuffleshot, bowling and the like).

I eventually went to a Betson/Imperial 3" trackball when I made the cabinet modular.  It works with everything.

[u_rebelscum]

I started my first TB with a USB pro version of that.  (Not on a CP, though; just let it as is.)    (Not sure about the serial/PS2 connection version you're pointing to, though).

It's great, with one major problem.    Nothing is holding the ball in, and it pops of the rollers if you hit it at too low an angle from the side.  And since it's a high sitting ball, it's easy to hit the sides.  (I have the same problem with happs high ball.)  If your way of interfacing with the TB is just the on the top, or you mount it so less of the ball is showing, you might not get this problem.

Personally, I like any of the arcade 3" TBs (happs, happs high lip/GT, betson GT, or wico) with the exception of happs high ball.

I still use my expert mouse every day on my desktop, though.  I even sometimes still play mame with the kensington TB if I want a quick play on my desktop, and am too lazy to pull out (and make room for) my TB CP.  

It's one of the highest end PC trackballs you can get, IMO.  Roll, spin, speed: excellent.