Is it posible to...

[Hellfromabove]

... hack a mouse to a track ball because I want to make a cab and I am going to have a mouse on it but I dont want to use the mouse I would rather use a track ball. Please reply. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

[rampy]

... hack a mouse to a track ball because I want to make a cab and I am going to have a mouse on it but I dont want to use the mouse I would rather use a track ball. Please reply. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

sure it is... I just did one not too long ago...

2 helpful links

 http://www.members.shaw.ca/bakaye/tballhack.htm

http://mamewah.mameworld.net/MouseHack.html

rampy

[Polecat]

The way I'm approaching it with my cocktail cabinet is using the Opti-Pac optical encoder.  It makes the trackball look like a mouse to windows.  On top of that, you can wire in any button to work as the left or right mouse buttons.

While I don't have the trackballs hooked up, I'm still looking for them and don't want to pay $125 each for a 1.5" trackball.  However, I do have my spinners wired up to it and have the buttons wired into the Opti-Pac and the I-Pac.

[gtjoe]

Spend $40 at ebay and buy a 3" betson imperial trackball with a ps2 connector.  Search for "arcade trackball" at ebay

[SirPoonga]

sure it is... I just did one not too long ago...

2 helpful links

 http://www.members.shaw.ca/bakaye/tballhack.htm

http://mamewah.mameworld.net/MouseHack.html

rampy

that second link is the way I went, MUCH easier.  I just went to compusa, picked up their cheapest USB mouse.  Now, mice IR recievers either have 3 or 4 pins.  4 pins is a little harder to figure out, but it is basically the same.  You know from the trackball axis (single axis) there is a X1 and X2 (Y1 and Y2 for the other axis).  Those two wires and power will goto the IR receiver on the mouse board if the IR receiver has 3 pins.  ground is easy to find out looking at the circuitry.  The other two is basically a guess.  I made leads off of pins with quick disconnects so I can switch things around when needed.

[rampy]

Spend $40 at ebay and buy a 3" betson imperial trackball with a ps2 connector.  Search for "arcade trackball" at ebay

I'm guessng a 3" trackball would be a bit too big for a cocktail control panel...  unless you forgoe a joystick... and even then, it's probably still too big...

*Shrug*

rampy

BTW if you have the bread, and optipac would suit your needs without allthe hacking and is very flexible/usefull if you are going for multiple tballs/spinners/etc...

[Hellfromabove]

Thanx for the replys guys, I am so glad that it is cause it would look like crap if I had a mouse showing on it. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!