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SteveJ34:

I just placed all my orders for a couple of xmas bartop projects.

I chose Terry Bell of eBay (tornadoterrysdot) for Happs buttons and joys based on feedback, ease of order, ship savings, and the fact that he is in my area so time to deliver should be speedy quick.

To this I've added the new versa ball sticks from Groovygamegear.com and gonna give the new KeyWhiz Eco2 a shot for keyboard encoders.

I'm looking forward to getting these projects into the finishing stage.

YMMV.



maraxle:


--- Quote from: Matt Berry on November 20, 2004, 07:07:52 am ---I've ordered from slikstik but my order was limited to buying the tornado spinner. The spinner exceeded my expectations, was packaged very well and shipped very quickly. Well worth the money in my opinion. So I can't coment on their other products but if they are anything like the spinner they should be great. If you are building I'd look at other sources for parts, unless of course you are upgrading to the stainless steel handles and all that  ;)

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Personally, I found that the Tornado spinner certainly spins smoothly, but is incorrectly advertised as working with DOS.  All my future spinners will be coming from Oscar Controls.

SlikStik Christian:


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Personally, I found that the Tornado spinner certainly spins smoothly, but is incorrectly advertised as working with DOS.

Matt Berry:

After I made my post about Happ trackball being cheaper, I realized that the ones from slikstik were already ready to plug directly into the computer via USB without any further interface requirements. Which in that aspect does make it cheaper then the Happ trackballs, but if you already have an opti pac or another method to atatch the trackball to the computer it is then cheaper to buy the trackball directly from happ which still can be had for 68.55 if ordered online (golden T - 2% online order). This also leads me to my only complaint about some slikstik products, instead of giving you a choice on interfacing the Tornado spinner, or happ trackball, the choice has already been made for you. Which is ok, no need for an opti pac, but now you have a lot more cables running to your computer then necessary. I just wish they gave you the choice. I still would highly recommend the tornado spinner.

maraxle:


--- Quote from: SlikStik Christian on November 24, 2004, 10:29:37 am ---We have tested a Tornado spinner in DOS and did have it working 100% but in your case and a few others who still use DOS for there arcade operating system, there have been instances of failure or non DOS compatibility.

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Well, I tried it on two separate motherboards with two separate versions of DOS on each (DOS 7.0 and FreeDOS), and just about every DOS mouse driver under the sun, including 3 versions of CuteMouse (your recommended driver), and had the same basic problem each time.  I asked on your messageboard (once) and via email (twice) which version of CuteMouse you recommended, but never had that question answered.


--- Quote ---We sent you an email and offered you a full refund but no reply was sent.

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That's true.  Like I said, I like how your spinner mechanically works (that thing must defy some law of physics, as it spins seemingly forever), but don't like your encoder board, so instead I opted to get an Oscar Controls encoder board and mouse hack and pass your optics along to a Windows user.  In between the time I sent my last plea for help and your offer of a refund, I was able to order the encoder board, have it shipped to me, and install it.

Oh well.  It doesn't matter anymore, as I now have a spinner that spins great and works in DOS...  it just required a little outside help.

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