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evlbeaver:
My cabinet is of the ArcadeDepot cocktail variety so control space is at a premium. 

I have the player 1 control panel set up with a t-stick with red ball handle and four buttons.  On the player 2 side I have a Tornado spinner and two buttons for tempest.  The third control panel has two leaf joysticks with six buttons each.  Obviously I don't do the cocktail flipping two player thing.

I am really missing a trackball.  I already have a happs 3 inch and I am planning on putting it in an extrenal enclosure and just sitting it on top of the table when in use (or maybe add a shelf on back)

I am not real happy with this plan.  I am thinking of trying to find a way to shoehorn the spinner and one of the happs 1.5 inchers in the player 2 panel.  A swappable panel arrangement might also be a possibility.

Any thoughts?  Does anyone have any experience with this trackball?
RayB:
No but i think I have seen it in use in kiosks (internet kiosks, wedding registry kiosks...) It's meant to be a mouse-replacement in public use like I mentioned above.

If you give it a good spin, I don't think the ball continues to roll like a bigger trackball does. But maybe this can be fixed by finding a same size really heavy ball (Make one out of steel?).

evlbeaver:
Thanks for the feedback.  I have seen the kind you are talking about.

I was just not sure if they were the same brand or not.  On the kiosks I have seen it looked as if the trackball were integrated with a keyboard.
Wienerdog:
How much space to you have for the mount?
Magnet_Eye:
Can't you fit a 2.25" trackball in there? I emailed arcadedepot about his 2 player CP's, and he mentioned being able to fit that size in the middle of the layout.

But that's probably done before the fact.

PS- got picks of your machine to share?  ;)
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