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Trackball mouse-hack questions
« on: March 11, 2005, 03:22:19 pm »
I have a couple newbie questions so forgive me if they

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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2005, 03:32:43 pm »
you can buy a prehacked one for 12 bucks from Oscar (and I highly recommend them... I have 3)... But use that number as a base.

look on ebay.  You can't find them much anywhere else.  But I bought 3 for 3 bucks each... then gave up and bought a prehacked one. 


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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2005, 04:02:41 pm »
Umm, my (limited) understanding is you need to hack a BALL mouse, not an optical mouse. And you don't throw out the optical sensor (or do you??)


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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2005, 07:28:37 pm »
No, you dont.  Ive seen a few reports and you can use the mouse PCB directly if you set it up right.  Some trackballs with the 6-pronged connections, you can solder the wires directly to the board.

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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2005, 03:01:28 am »
No, you dont.  Ive seen a few reports and you can use the mouse PCB directly if you set it up right.  Some trackballs with the 6-pronged connections, you can solder the wires directly to the board.

Yes, you can. I am using an Ultimarc trackball wired into an analog PS/2 port mouse hack. It is wired directly to the PCB without any problems.
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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2005, 10:16:28 am »
Aha!  Heres an example:

http://www.willcoxonline.com/mame/controlpanel/controlpanel.htm

I found this recently and actually it looks pretty good going so far.  But anyways, heres an example.  He wired the trackball right to the mouse PCB.

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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2005, 12:50:19 pm »
I posted some info on  how to hack a mouse to use with a trackball here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,15673.0.html


Mario - This does work with Happ trackballs.  In fact, I sell a harness on my website exactly for this purpose.


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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2005, 01:11:51 pm »
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Mario - This does work with Happ trackballs.

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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2005, 01:21:07 pm »

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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2005, 02:11:00 pm »
I've heard some people have had success with a certain model of Logitech, but I haven't found a Logitech yet that works with the hack like I had shown in the other thread.  My advice, just don't bother with Logitech's, you may end up sacrificing many before you find a suitable one.

From my experience, I've found the Belkin and Kensington to work the best.  For the most part, they don't vary from the USB-PS/2 encoder chip reference design much, if at all.  Some of the MS mice I've seen have added a bit more to the reference design circuit, perhaps due to enhancements to their drivers, I don't really know...  I've also used MS mice before with varying amounts of success, but I like to stay with Belkin or Kensington whenever possible.  Although, I did have one particular PS/2-serial Kensington that didn't like to be hacked, it just wouldn't work no matter how I connected an optic board to it.  Maybe it was just a fluke with that particular mouse, but it worked fine with the OEM optics, just not with arcade optic boards.




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Re: Trackball mouse-hack questions
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2005, 03:40:44 pm »
I picked up a trio of no-name usb mice at a computer show last weekend for $2 each.  I already have one torn open and my soldering iron at ready for when my trackball arrives (hopefully soon)!

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