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| markrvp:
It did not arrive today, so I am hoping to get it tomorrow for exhaustive tests over the weekend. I'm getting really excited as the discussion in this thread progresses |
| RandyT:
Ok, SirP, you got your wish. I just wired up the molex 6-pin female to 10-pin female header wire harness. Plugged it in and pure TB satisfaction (after I completely rebuilt the WICO trackball some dirtbag misrepresented on Ebay....Grrrrrrr). So we will be offering cables as well. They are time consuming to make, had to buy hundreds of dollars worth of stuff to gear up, yadda, yadda, $12.95 :) . BTW, if anyone was ever wondering if the trackball boosters work on a WICO, they do ;) RandyT |
| Popcorrin:
I'm glad to hear about the resolution of the Z axis. I read somewhere that in most mice the Z axis doesn't have near the resolution as the X and Y. Since your board overcomes that obstacle it will work perfectly for an offroad cabinet I was planning on converting. |
| Kremmit:
I got mine before Mark- Neener, Neener, Neener! I only had so much time to play with it tonight, and I'll be out tomorrow night, so I may not have any updates for a couple days, but here's what I can report: * It's pretty small- about 1"x3", although I haven't actually measured it. * It works in Windows XP Pro just fine, no drivers or install hassle. * It works with a Betson-Imperial trackball just fine. * It works with an Oscar optic board just fine. * The Z-axis works in Windows; right this second, my scroll whell is a DOT spinner. 8) * It doesn't seem to mind if I hot-swap the axes; I've moved the spinner from the x-axis to the z-axis and back while the Opti-Wiz is plugged in, and had no issues- I don't know if that's covered under the warranty, though! * There are two header pins each for +5v and ground, plus another ground pin with the button header. I connected both +5v lines from the trackball to one pin on the Opti-Wiz, and ditto for the ground. Worked fine. The buttons also seem to be able to use the same ground connection as the axes, if you don't want to wire the one provided on the button header. To Do: * I haven't had a chance to try to get the Z-axis working with MAME. * I still have a lot of other hardware to try to hook up. * Play some games! Stay tuned! |
| Kremmit:
Adding to the list of known compatible optics: Taito Arkanoid spinner (the optic board on these says Wico right on it, so I imagine any Wico spinner is probably fine. Betson/Imperial trackball Happ trackball Atari Pole Position wheel Atari Roadblasters wheel Atari Blasteroids spinner All of the above work fine with the Opti-Wiz, using their original optic cards. The Oscar optic cards work too. |
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