Author Topic: good deal or con? (Read 1574 times)

mo1e · « **on:** September 30, 2005, 07:48:03 am »

im going to buy all my buttons and 2 trackballs and 2 joysticks + the trackball mounting pads lol it will come to a total of $247.60 lol am i getting ripped?

Jabba · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:36:08 am »

Are you ordering from Ponyboy? He has the best deal in town! What are the list prices of each part you are buying?

Also, just for curiosity, why do you randomly place lol in your sentences? I just lol don't get it...

mo1e · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:43:04 am »

sorry about that i cant help it its a habit that im going to have to lose no its not from ponyboy its from ebay i pmed ponyboy but no reply i live in the uk so the shipping cost is added to the $247.60 price tag the prices of them all each is

1 - 2 Joystick/14 button set (includes 2 concave start buttons and 12 colored concave buttons) @ $48.

6 extra concave buttons @ $1.50 each = $9

1 - 3" translucent blue trackball @ $67 (comes with 3 mouse buttons included in the price. Be sure to mention those colors too.) i will need 2 of these

1 - black trackball mounting plate @ $10 and 2 of these too

Grasshopper · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:46:07 am »

Have you got links to the auctions?

mo1e · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:49:59 am »

no the thing is is the auction has ended but he still has more the seller sells multiple things i just got him to price up a bundle of what he sells he had 50 sets of 2 joysticks and

Jabba · « **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2005, 08:57:27 am »

I think we want to see the auction so we can see the parts he is selling. There are some knock-offs out there that aren't very good, they're cheap and break, not that were sayig that is the case with what you are buying though.....

testicle187 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:19:59 pm »

If you must buy on ebay I would reccomend tornadoterrydots . He is an amazing seller and has very good prices on shipping and fast shipping. --And no I am not affiliated with him in any way

mo1e · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:45:35 pm »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6210065196&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

there you go view his other items too and report back to me and tell me if there knock offs im new to this so i wouldnt know

vader · « **Reply #8 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:46:04 pm »

Ditto on TornadoTerry, ordered stuff from him and got good pricing and fast shipping

Tim

vader · « **Reply #9 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:47:35 pm »

Posted too soon.....I've ordered from Gumby, he's good too, I didn't sit down and price everything, but from the past his prices have been very good.

Tim

mo1e · « **Reply #10 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:57:50 pm »

thanks its good to know that i wont be getting robbed i have no idea of the prices as im new to this and also does $247.60 dollars seem alot just for the controls and buttons to a cp or the more money that goes into it the better? i dont have a cabinet yet lol im going to have a go at making a cp and if it works then create the cab

RayB · « **Reply #11 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:07:08 pm »

Quote from: Jabba on September 30, 2005, 08:36:08 am

Also, just for curiosity, why do you randomly place lol in your sentences? I just lol don't get it...

The funny thing is, everywhere that he put "lol" is where he should have put a period and start a new sentence. Now that you've made him stop using "lol" his posts are one big paragraph with no periods.

mo1e · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:09:19 pm »

yep thats correct i use lol as a pause although im english my punctuation is bad only my spelling is good i can read and talk fine just writing

mo1e · « **Reply #13 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:14:47 pm »

so anyway back to the cp howmuch do you guys spend on your cps?

Jabba · « **Reply #14 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:55:09 pm »

A lot!!! Mole, we aren't picking on you but try to type better. Note the use of the period. It comes in real handy when you want to end a thought and start a new one.

(Just teasing...)

I spent at least that on my CP, I have 2 8 way joysticks, a tornado spinner, a 3" HAPPS trackball, about 14 buttons, CPO overlay... I just bought a nother set of Leaf joysticks that will be putting on soon. I think all told I[m over at least 300.00. So I think what you have is about right...

What about the endcoder? You will need one of those unless you are going to hack a keyboard. And I hope those trackballs are USB, otherwise you'll need an Opti-Pac. That will add at least another $100 to the order...

Watch out though.....this hobby has a way of sucking up money...

mo1e · « **Reply #15 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:59:06 pm »

yer i will need a i-pac for the 2 8way happ joysticks and the buttons, I think i will also need an optipac for the 2 trackballs? and also a xbox adapter to connect the ipac to the xbox.

Jabba · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2005, 03:14:52 pm »

Quote from: mo1e on September 30, 2005, 02:59:06 pm

yer i will need a i-pac for the 2 8way happ joysticks and the buttons, I think i will also need an optipac for the 2 trackballs? and also a xbox adapter to connect the ipac to the xbox.

Not sure why you're asking if you need an Opti-Pac for the Trackballs. If they are USB, you will not need one. If they aren't, then you'll need one. And you're in Luck, Ultimarc are in your country...

And BTW, good use of punctuation there...

mo1e · « **Reply #17 on:** September 30, 2005, 03:34:19 pm »

thanks by the look of things the trackball is ps/2 is that the same or not? i cant see a part that mentions usb. Heres the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6212984279&ssPageName=MERC_VIC_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BIN_IT

mo1e · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2005, 04:42:01 pm »

anyone know because i am too close to buying the parts now

Jabba · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2005, 05:03:01 pm »

Hmm, PS2 eh... You want two right? Do you have two PS/2 ports on your computer? You may need to buy a Ps/2 to USB adapter to connect two trackballs to your computer. Otherwise, if that doesn';t work, you may have to strip the wires and connect it to the Opti-Pac.

I'm prretty sure there exiss a PS/2 to USB adapater, but can't commen whether the computer would see both trackballs or not...

mo1e · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2005, 05:20:11 pm »

ok all i have done alittle research on the ultimarc site and am i correct in thinking this
in this pic http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html the pic at the top of the ipac board the left of the board is player1 and the right is player 2 and i would wire the analogue sticks to the following 1rght 1left 1up 1down to players 1 analogue stick and the same for player 2 on the other side and also wire the buttons the same etc?
then i will need to get one of these http://www.ultimarc.com/optipac1.html the pic at the top of the ipac board the left of the board is player1 and the right is player 2 and i would wire the analogue sticks to the following 1rght 1left 1up 1down to players 1 analogue stick and the same for player 2 on the other side and also wire the buttons the same etc?
then i connect the ipac to the xbox using one of these
http://www.ultimarc.com/xba.html ?

thats one of my recent posts the 3 links are what i will need i think you see im trying to get it to work on my xbox (sorry for the lols in the previous post)

Jabba · « **Reply #21 on:** September 30, 2005, 06:01:05 pm »

Yeah, I think you got it. Wire the Joysticks and buttons to the I-PAC, and wire the Trackballs to the Opti-Pac. BUT...you will need to cut off the PS/2 connectors off the trackballs if you want to use the OPTI-PAC.

Like I said, I am not sure if you need the Opti-Pac, if you can plug both trackballs into the PS/2 and USB interfaces.

You'd be best to post this question in the Main forum before you purchase the trackballs. That would be my advice to make sure you don't buy something you cannot use.

Good Luck!

mo1e · « **Reply #22 on:** September 30, 2005, 06:04:21 pm »

yer thanks this question has been troubling me for a while now


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