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| u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: clhug on May 03, 2006, 07:24:54 pm --- --- Quote from: ahofle on May 03, 2006, 12:21:03 pm ---Problem is there are other factors like Windows mouse drivers/settings/speed/acceleration (and maybe even MAME version disparities) that would have to be identical to the person testing with the GGG and slikstik spinners to get an accurate comparison. --- End quote --- Ah, I knew there was a sensitivity setting in Windows but I didn't realize it would affect MAME. If it does, I definitely see that would present a problem. --- End quote --- According to MS's doc's (dang, can't find the pages ATM), it's not supposed to effect mame. But it almost always does. Depends on the driver and how (and when) it applies the windows sensitivity, I guess. |
| rollerball:
No worries clhug I understand where your comming form...would be cool if you can build one like mine and see how it compares?? |
| clhug:
No problem. I got the superglued washers off of my hard drive motor. Now just to find a piece of pipe that will fit. The bottom of the motor is exactly 1.5" so if I can find some 1.5" ID pipe I should be all set. I just hope I don't have to buy a 10 ft. piece of pipe to cut off the 3 or 4 inches I need. :) Another idea I was working on was a belt driven traditional mouse hack. That is, the spinner shaft has a large flywheel that drives a belt of some sort that drives a smaller shaft actually attached to the mouse encoder. This should give much higher effective resolution. One problem I was having was getting the belt to track. Your idea of the pipe should help with that too if I still opt to go that route. Instead of a narrow width that the belt has to track in, I'd have 3 or 4 inches on the spinner shaft. Of course it still can't travel that far or it'll get out of track on the encoder shaft but it should help allow me to align it a bit easier. |
| rollerball:
all sounds good ....the thing I like about mine also is that its not too big....like for under your cp.....belts and things would make it harder to fit under your cp I would guess....mine is quite easy to fit... |
| clhug:
Dang, I went to Lowe's tonight and I can't find a piece of pipe that's exactly the right size to fit over the bottom of the hard drive motor. It's either a hair to big or a hair too small. I'll have to keep looking at other stores, or work out a way to use the slightly larger pipe and fill in the gap, and still keep the pipe exactly centered. |
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