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Tiger-Heli:
Hi CdBrown,

Urebelscum gave me a simple primer on dmame and optimouse yesterday.
cdbrown:
Hi Tiger-Heli and U_rebelscum,

You guys are champions  ;D.  Thanks for all your input from this thread and the previous thread.  

I didn't realise that dmame would work under win98 so that's why I was fixed on analog+ and hacking to usb.  But if it does work then I will go for the two serial ports which is going to be far easier (and cheaper).  Having the second k/ball unplugged during boot up is a small inconvenience but I think I will survive.

Just downloaded dmame and optimous.zip.  Now i just have to install win98 on a spare drive and try it all out - oh and buy the kidsball(s) (I wish they weren't called that :o).  May not happen for a little while but I'll let you know how it all goes.

Thanks again for all the input.  

Cheers
-cbrown
1UP:
BTW, I was not suggesting to use 2 PS2 mice (dunno where you got that idea) but to use one as serial, and one as PS2 with a PS2->serial adapter.  Hope that clears things up.
Rocky:
cdbrown,

I too am very interested in having 2 trackballs for one of my cp's. I found a great deal on USB mice from Surplus Computers.  They are selling Matel Barbie mice with the barbie logo sanded off for $.99 each. :o I picked up 8 (since I hadn't hacked a mouse before). I was able to hack a 2 1/4" Wico trackball to it with no problem. ;D I just aquired a couple of used 3" Happs trackballs that I'm going to try and get working as well.  If you are still interested in USB,  here's the link

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_acc_sflexmse.html


good luck and enjoy 2 player Marble Madness

Rocky
cdbrown:
Rocky,

Any chance of a write-up on the hack.

You guys is USA get some really good prices for your gear, unfortunately the market in Australia is small and we don't get the special deals.  So for the time being I think I will just stick with the two serials and dmame until something really cheap and easy comes along.

Cheers
-cdbrown
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