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Gunstar Hero:

Hey, I have an Atari CX-80 Trak-Ball controller. Any idea if it can be used with a PC or MAME? Preferably without hacking it, although I'm open to suggestions either way!

I know just plugging it into the gameport is a no go.  :-\

NoOne=NBA=:

It is possible to connect them, but you HAVE to hack them to do it.

If you do a search for Atari 2600 trackball, it should come up with the how-to on it.

Someone here used a Wico Command Control trackball (which is the same as the Atari one, except for the case), and got the mouse hack and everything inside the factory case.

Bgnome:

the only atari interfaces i know of are for digital joysticks.  i got a wico command control trackball off of ebay for cheap and hacked a usb optical mouse into it:



edit: found a pinout for an atari mouse: http://www.blackdown.org/hwb/connector/userinput/atarimousejoy.html
not quite sure i understand what is going on, but it looks like maybe you can hack a mouse inline, assuming you have a matching plug for the atari interface, without having to touch the trackball electronics..

Tiger-Heli:

Does this help?

(About 2/3rds down the page)

http://www.cheeptech.com/cuhack.html

Gunstar Hero:

Awesome. Thanks for all the ideas!



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