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quarterback:
I don't think you'd have much luck playing Golden T with that trackball without sending the ball flying across the room
juggle50:
I think Kennsington makes a wireless one as well.  That way you could put it away and it wouldn't disrupt the athetics of the cab but bring it out when you want to play a specific game.  I have a cocktail cab with no room for a trackball and that is what I'm going to do.

Here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tech-data/B0000YDGSO/ref=dp_nav_0/104-5113715-9679111?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics

I think I've seen it cheaper somewhere.  Of course it's no substitute for a real trackball but it will at least make most trackball and spinner games playable.
quarterback:
You could buy a Wico Command Control trackball.    It's an honest to goodness Wico arcade trackball and even comes in a square 'box' that would probably sit on your CP fairly well.

I think I've got one in the basement I'd be willing to sell.  PM me if interested

It looks like this:

DrumAnBass:
The Kensington wireless trackball that I looked at (http://us.kensington.com/html/4136.html)  doesn't have ball bearings like their older trackballs. Might be fine for a game of centipede but doubt it would work for anything that requires serious spinning.

Their older trackballs do have ball bearings; I am in the process of hacking a serial Turbo Mouse 5 that I picked up on eBay for $25. One note - the Turbo Mouse/Expert Mouse version 4 are easier to hack then version 5. Version 5 has 2 of the bearings mounted in the circuit board, but the 3rd is mounted to the plastic case so I am having to keep the lower half of the case and chop it down to make it flat... Lots of dremel fun..!
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