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New Product: Opti-Wiz
Tiger-Heli:
Markrvp may be the perfect one to ask this - I have an off-the-wall question -
Kremmit said that the board is approximately 1"x3". I am wondering if it would be possible to mount the board inside a 2-1/4" Happ T-ball (http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/565500xxe.htm) or 3" (http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/560100e.htm) or the Ultimarc 2-1/4 (http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html) trackball enclosure. Dimensions on the site suggest it wouldn't work except for MAYBE the 3", but Ultimarc (and maybe Happ) have those slide-on covers and I am thinking it might fit in there.
My idea is to make something similar to http://www.cheeptech.com/cuhack.html, but with real arcade controls and without hacking an Atari 2600 trackball or fitting to a Radio Shack enclosure. This way you could just buy a trackball and Opti-Wiz, modify the case, and have a plug and play solution for any games that wanted a trackball.
Thoughts???
--- Quote ---A huge benefit I see on this encoder compared to a mouse hack is the USB-B connector. It provides peace of mind that your soldered-on wires won't get pulled loose.
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Agreed. Another benefit is that USB A-B cables are readily available inexpensively in various lengths.
markrvp:
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fit inside any of the production trackball cases, but you could easily velcro or hot glue it to the side or bottom. In fact, one of my early ideas was that it could easily be connected to the bottom of a Happ trackball. The total hight of the Happ 3" trackball case is 2-3/4" so your box wouldn't have to be very tall to still accommodate it.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: markrvp on January 09, 2006, 09:27:26 am ---I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fit inside any of the production trackball cases, but you could easily velcro or hot glue it to the side or bottom.
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RayB:
I hope some of the beta testers are going to test this thing out in true DOS mode?
markrvp:
I can't help you there.