Mounting a trackball on x-arcade

[DannyH]

Has anyone ever had a go at mounting a trackball on an x-arcade.

I am trying to think whether I should

1) cut a hole in my x-arcade and mount it internally
2) make a new control panel and mount it
3) make a new little box contraption for it and mount it in the space in between the monitor and the x-arcade or make and extenstion of the control panel and mount it infrom of that.

I think option 3 (the latter half of it) will be both the easiest and best result

[Bones]

Option 2 sounds like the most obvious solution. You then have the freedom to make it exactly how you want, rather than put it anywhere it might fit.

Option 3 sounds sounds like an exercise in frustration.

[darthbane2k]

http://www.geocities.com/lusosarge2000/eindex.html

[ROMbler]

I have an x-arcade 2 player and just got a trackball - my plan is to make a new CP with the x-arcade parts so I can add my trackball and eventually a spinner just the way I want it (Plus I get to keep the easy x-arcade setup in MAME )
Now all I need is the time to do it

Hey darthbane2k

[DannyH]

Thats a good idea. My GF wasn't too thrilled about me getting an $100+ trackball so an explorer migh work, the only thing is the buttons, I wonder how I might be able to get around that.

[flamethis]

Cool, I came to this forum to ask this exact question and now I don't have to!
This place rocks!  Still not sure how to go about it but I love the amount of info here!

So many questions, so little patience....