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rackoon:

I do have two trackball one on the vertical side and one on the horizontal but I was going to hook them together and then hook them to a GGG spinner. I wonder what marble madness would be like playing it from the side? I can always change stuff next year when I get out of school and have some cash.

Tiger-Heli:


--- Quote from: rackoon on August 02, 2006, 07:11:43 pm ---I do have two trackball one on the vertical side and one on the horizontal but I was going to hook them together and then hook them to a GGG spinner. I wonder what marble madness would be like playing it from the side? I can always change stuff next year when I get out of school and have some cash.

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If you hook them together to a GGG spinner, you can't use them separately (two-player games) for each player - but it is a convenient idea.  (Also you can't just do this, you need a DPDT switch to select the active one - see http://www.oscarcontrols.com/DPDTswitch.shtml  (Actually, you would need to switch both axis, so you would either need a 4-pole dual throw switch (probably rotary), or two DPDT's ganged together).  (Or just get a separate Opti-Wiz for the second trackball).

I think it would be real difficult playing Marble Madness from the side.

What I would do (assuming you have a SF setup on one horizontal side), is move the trackball to the opposite horizontal side and then add a second (third?) trackball for CABAL, Marble Madness, etc. connected through another Opti-Wiz.

Choice of moving the trackball from the vertical side or adding a third on the horizontal depends if you like Centipede, Millipede, etc. - I think most other trackball games were horizontal.

soulblazer28:

I have always been eager to jump on an alternative OS bandwagon, but I have had lackluster experiences with Linux. I tried it 10 years ago and it was so amazingly slow, I tried it two years ago and it was very slow vs Windows. As an application developer, I just chose to stick with Windows.

I was even anticipating the release of BeOS but it went belly up and it wasn't pretty either.

I've legally owned every copy of Windows, though I don't necessarily have the disks anymore. So last night I downloaded Win 98 SE with bittorrent.  I have XP but I want to give that a try first.  Just something to consider if you've had Windows in the past. Not sure its 100% legal but I figure I paid for it once, not gonna pay for it again.

rackoon:

Wow I had no idea that so many people would have an opinion regarding this. I think I will have access to windows soon so I have given up on the Linux idea.

The only windows I have right now is windows 95 on my old thinkpad (still use this sucker every day, built like a tank) We do have newer computers but they are all Macs and belong to my wife.

The people at this forum are so helpfull. I hope you guys all chime in when I plug all these parts together on my kitchen table and try to install windows and Mame and front ends and skins and ...etc :blah:

MajorLag:


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