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Atari Home Trakball useable for a Mame Cab ?
ChadTower:
That why I mentioned he could use it if he already had one on hand and couldn't afford to lay $30-50 out on a real one.
JCL:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 09, 2005, 09:44:55 am ---
My advice:
If money is the issue, and you already have an Atari home trackball around, use it.
If money is not the issue, spend the extra $100 and get a real trackball.
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daywane:
but tinkering is what we do ;)
Mario:
--- Quote from: Level42 on September 09, 2005, 09:01:15 am ---No-one uses the Wico home trackballs ? I remember they sold them in the 80's and were advertised as using a "genuine" cue-ball and true arcade mechanics:
http://www.jackbergsales.com/toys/WICOCommandControlTrackballController.htm
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The "feel" of these home Wico TBs is much closer to a real arcade TB than the Ataris. I was planning on using one, but ended up picking up real arcade TBs from Ebay.
The optics on the home Wicos seems to be the same as those used in the arcade TBs, so interfacing them should be easy. With the arcade TB, I simply removed the detectors off of a PS2 mouse and then connected the outputs on the TB optic boards directly to mouse PCB where the detectors were.
Mario