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Anyone had luck with a mouse based trackball?
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KevSteele:
Lilwolf,

You've got mail.

Kevin
ErikRuud:
I had one of the Crayola trackballs for a while and it seemed to work very well.

My only two complaints would be that the spin time was shorter than a real arcade ball, and that the metal shafts were much thinner, and probably won't take as much abuse.

On the other hand I seem to have to clean the rollers in my Betson/Imperial a lot more often.
Minwah:

--- Quote from: ErikRuud on July 08, 2005, 09:34:27 am ---My only two complaints would be that the spin time was shorter than a real arcade ball, and that the metal shafts were much thinner, and probably won't take as much abuse.

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I have one of these which I was using a bit some years ago, just in the standard case (for normal windows operation as well as mame).  To be honest I can't really complain, worked great.  The buttons are crap but for an arcade controller you don't need them anyway...
jagnogg:

--- Quote from: Lilwolf on July 08, 2005, 08:48:16 am ---Kevin, I have one of those clear crystal ones that someone (here) said was good for an arcade machine.

I bought it... and luckily realized it sucked before adding it to a cabinet. 

Bought a real one and have been happy ever since.

If you would like to look at it for a review let me know.  I've been pretty bad about remembering to send out packages (when no moneys involved...) but if you want it I'll send it out.

I believe its the best of the PC trackballs.  I could be wrong, they might have some newer ones out... But might make a good baseline / sucky case.

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I think this would be a useful addition to the trackball roundup. It may help a few other cheap ---daisies--- like me avoid the same mistake.

I'm going to attempt to get my crappy trackball working one more time this weekend and I'll send my feedback to Kevin.

The good news for me is that I should be able to replace it with a real trackball without having to scrap my entire control panel.


Thenasty:
PC Trackball for MAME STINKS......I used one on the early days then got the real deal and no turning back.
Get the real thing, or else .... ;)
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