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Oscar Vortex vs. Tornado Spinner

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Minwah:


--- Quote from: CJK on July 08, 2005, 07:10:08 am ---Do you have any issues with a trackball and the Tornado connected at the same time? I liked the idea of the OptiPAC handling that (potential) conflict for me by ignoring one or the other, depending on what was used in the last 10 seconds.

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I found I prefer having both trackball & spinner active at the same time.  Sounds stupid but I found occasionally 'waiting' for the other control to kick in a pain.  Admittedly I don't have a lot of patience ;)

Lilwolf:

There is also a strength issue.  For me anyway... NOT an issue unless you have hot swappable control panels.

I've heard that tornadoes use aluminum bases.  And can be bent out of place.  Not a big deal for most people, but the bottom side of my control panels get hit often.

Oscars are very very strong and can be used to support the weight of the control panel without even thinking of moving.

But Tornadoes have a HUGE advantage right now... you can buy them.  I'm getting emails from people who see I bought a V2 on ebay 8+ months ago... (the initial ones). 

Buddabing:


--- Quote from: tonmazz on July 08, 2005, 01:15:00 am ---Ok guys, I can't wait anymore.
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Cronos:


--- Quote ---I've heard that tornadoes use aluminum bases.  And can be bent out of place.  Not a big deal for most people, but the bottom side of my control panels get hit often.

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IMO because of the metal density and frame design, they are a lot stronger than you'd think. In fact when I first got mine I gave one a sort of a strength test... Put it like this, they aren't going to bend like a Coke can. Maybe if you took a 5+lb deadblow hammer and whacked the frame with that, you could crush it.... But I've never had any concerns in that department for day to day arcade cab useage. And I've owned these Tornados for almost two years now.

There's also one other possible advantage I'd like to mention... The mounting footprint is much smaller than the Oscar models available at the time I purchased. This was probably the biggest factor in my choice of spinner when considering the CP layout I planned. 

However, as I stated in an earlier thread... I have had a problem configuring DUAL spinners in the newer MAME builds using the current input scheme.  You could go the oscar board swap which seems way feasible. But I simply use an earlier Analog+ (Pre v.83) build which works fine for me, as most if not all the games that use or could use that setup, are emulated quite nicely.

RTSDaddy2:

CJK, you were asking about conflicts with spinner and trackball...to this point, I've had none of note.  The only thing to mention is that I find the left trackball / mouse button will work as a fire button for the spinner, though the two are not connected in any way, shape, or form on the underside of my panel.  Guys, I thought I was computer savy, but I have to admit I have NO idea how that one worked out.  It's not in an Opti-Pac or IPAC, this "just happened" as far as I can tell. 

Oh, I know there's a reason for it, but I have no idea what! Again though, that's been the only thing I've encountered so far!



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