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Atari 2600 trackball
SeaMonkey:
These were made by Wico. Anyone have experience using these with Mame? Is it even doable?
What is the quality?
Oddfeld:
Hey, if they're good enough for Nintendo to use in 8-ball Action cabinets (just bolted to the bottom of the CP no less), I don't see why you shouldn't use one... :)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,29214.msg244875.html#msg244875
moonpatrol 4 lyfe:
what operating system are you running? theres an adaptor you can build for windows systems that will accept C64 (best computer of all time) / atari controls via the parallel port. Unfortunately I've tried this adaptor with my Wico trackball, and it worketh not! Joysticks work just fine though. You could try hacking the trackball up to a mouse or something... not really sure how C64 trackballs work.
Bill
SeaMonkey:
Windows XP most likely.
Here is something.... it converts the Atari style controllers to USB .....
http://www.atariage.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=267
I am going to check it out.
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You know what...that is for 8 way joysticks only. It wouldn't convert the trackball while it was in trackball mode. (These things had a switch that would let you put it in 8-way analog joystick or trackball mode.)
The diff would be that the trackball not only gives data on direction, but also speed, where a joystick just gives data in reguard to direction.
Foiled again....
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But...it looks like it was hacked pretty well to that Nintendo arcade machine. Looks like a pretty simple hack.
NoOne=NBA=:
There was a thread around here where someone hacked a set of mouse guts into one, and got it all under the hood.
They are pretty easy to hack, if you aren't worried about getting everything inside the original case.
I did one that had the optics remoted into the case, and the mouse guts in a project box on the cord.