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Is a spinner from Omega Race adaptable to a mouse hack?
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no...........its pot based
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KLOV says it's optical.
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=O&game_id=8920
And I know, I used to spin the spinner to spray shots in all directions if I was getting cornered.
Looking at the photo on this auction, it certainly looks like an encoder of some sort and not a pot.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Omega-Race-Midway-Spinner-1981_W0QQitemZ300001826133QQihZ020QQcategoryZ13718QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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well on both my dedicated cabs its pot based......I can get a pic later today. I can also get a scan or two of the manual..
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That would be odd because...
Page 64 of this manual says encoder:
http://www.arcadedocs.com/vidmanuals/O/OmegaRace.pdf
Page 78 lists it as an "Angle Encoder"
The schematics on Pages 95 & 98 lists it as a "Steering Encoder"
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I've always heard there was something about the Omega Race spinner, here's a blurb I found on the web:
"Midway found the 64-position encoder wheels they were using to be in short supply and substituted a 360 degree pot and an A/D converter board."
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thats gotta be it.... I checked the cockpit cp panels that I have and it has the same pot as the uprigths that I have.
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There are two versions of the Omega Race Spinner, one with a pot on the bottom, and one with an encoder wheel. If you go look at
www.quarterarcade.com
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