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| krick:
--- Quote from: markrvp on May 10, 2005, 01:26:55 pm ---Tiger-Heli: I like you, I really do. --- End quote --- |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: markrvp on May 10, 2005, 01:26:55 pm ---Tiger-Heli: I like you, I really do. But for you to say I'm giving bad info is an unwarranted attack. --- End quote --- I like you also, that wasn't a personal assault. I felt (and still do) that the information you provided is wrong. I don't know whether you were misled by the Ultimarc website, or don't understand how the device works, but the information given was misleading at best, if not inaccurate. Again, it wasn't a stab at you, it's just a pet peeve of mine when someone posts a reply that is inaccurate, and then it gets corrected, and the original poster ends up saying Person A told me this, but Person B told me the opposite. If you notice, in recent threads, I've been editing my own posts to strike-thru info that I have posted that others have pointed out was incorrect. --- Quote --- --- Quote ---Two trackballs or 4 spinners can be active in either mode. --- End quote --- I specifically said that 4 axes are active in USB mode, but only 2 can be used - This is autoswitching within the Optipac - Ultimarc website supports this. --- End quote --- And that is not correct. You can hook a trackball to the Player 1 Trackball inputs and a second trackball to the Player 2 Trackball inputs and use both of them (in USB mode) (4-axis total). What you can't do is hook a Trackball to the Player 1 Trackball inputs and a second trackball to the Player 1 Rotary inputs and use both of them at the same time. That is where the auto-switching comes in. --- Quote --- --- Quote ---Two trackballs AND 4 spinners are not supported (all active at once). --- End quote --- I specifically said in serial mode that only 4 axes can be used simultaneously. That would be two trackballs OR 4 spinners, but not both. --- End quote --- Yes but the point is that only 4 axes can be used simultaneously in ANY mode (USB or Serial). --- Quote ---Have I done something to offend you that you need to say I'm giving bad advice? I'm not trying to be king of the board. This guy asked for advice and since you hadn't given it yet, I piped in. --- End quote --- I wasn't offended by you and accusing you of giving bad advice b/c of that. I was offended by the bad advice and was pointing that out. I'm not trying to be king of the board either (although it does feel good to help out other users who are just starting down the road I've been on for years). And I don't have a problem with anyone piping in, as long as the info is accurate. --- Quote ---I own both Ultimarc and GGG products, so I'm not trying to push one over the other. --- End quote --- GGG didn't come into this thread. I personally like the Opti-Pac for multiple optical controls. The auto-switch is a great idea. I think it's a little pricey compared to OSCAR's mouse hacks for a single trackball/spinner or modular controls, but otherwise I have no beef's with it. --- Quote ---I've got no reason to give bad advice. --- End quote --- Just because you didn't have a reason to give it doesn't mean that the advice wasn't bad. Again, I was not personally offended by you, and I'm sorry if you were personally offended by my reply, but I'm sticking by the technical aspects of what I said. |
| markrvp:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 11, 2005, 08:43:58 am --- --- Quote from: markrvp on May 10, 2005, 01:26:55 pm ---Tiger-Heli: I like you, I really do. --- End quote --- --- End quote --- |
| maxxonline:
Wow, thanks for all the help guys. |
| Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: maxxonline on May 10, 2005, 03:13:14 pm ---Opti-PAC Interface. - Interface for 1 or 2-player trackball, spinner and other optical devices. Includes serial or USB cables (select on adding to cart). Price: $39.00 *** and just hook this up using USB along with older DOS Analog Plus version software under my winXP? This way I can run the Marble Madness and Bowling and Centipede games. --- End quote --- Ooops, completely missed this from your reply, luckily it doesn't affect you order. You want the USB cables. You don't need Analog Plus for Bowling and Centipede (except if you wan't to make sure both trackballs (if you have two) aren't controlling the cursor). You only need it for dual trackball/spinner games like Marble Madness or CABAL. You can't run a DOS Analog Plus version (if there was one, not sure) under XP. What you want is the last version of Analog Plus for XP that supports dual mice. See http://www.urebelscum.speedhost.com/download.html You might PM or contact u_rebelscum for version info - 0.74.2 (XP) will work. Later versions had the mouse axis settings save not working. Mouse settings save was fixed again in 0.83.2, but I'm not sure if this version works with multiple mice in XP. Fortunately, it's only needed for dual trackball games, and they haven't changed much. BTW, I am pretty sure I posted something incorrectly earlier. I don't have an opti-pac to verify, but I don't think it will work as a split USB/serial interface. I think if you plug the USB cable into port 1 both trackballs use USB and if you plug the Serial cable into port 1 Trackball 1 is serial and you have to use a second serial cable for Trackball 2. I could be wrong about this, but I don't think so. |
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