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Mouse -> Trackball hack
Wade:
I looked at BobA's web page several times. I have a half dozen old mice, but only two are ps/2. Neither of them are anything like the one he describes. Does anyone have any links to other trackball/mouse hacks? I'm trying to use an Imperial trackball.
Thanks,
Wade
rampy:
--- Quote from: Wade on March 13, 2003, 11:26:13 am ---I looked at BobA's web page several times. I have a half dozen old mice, but only two are ps/2. Neither of them are anything like the one he describes. Does anyone have any links to other trackball/mouse hacks? I'm trying to use an Imperial trackball.
Thanks,
Wade
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Did you look at this one too?
http://mamewah.mameworld.net/MouseHack.html
You can use a serial mouse or a usb mouse or a mouse in a house.. er... if you are reallly stuck you can buy a "pre" hacked one from oscar (it's usb though).
I hacked a Imperial Betson to a crappy ps/2 mouse but I don't think I documented it very well / or at all.
*shrug* All I did was unsolder the transceiver and reciever for each axis and extended wires out. I then picked up a molex plug to mate with the one alraedy on my betson trackball... and wired it up =P (sorry to be vague/general... but do you have a specific thing you are having trouble with that we could steer you in the right direction?) or pics of you meeses (mices plural not your misses with an accent =P )?
rampy
Wade:
No, I hadn't seen that one. I think with the help of that page I can get one working.
I wanted a PS/2 because I already hacked a serial mouse and hard drive to make a spinner. I wanted to be able to use the spinner and trackball at same time, I remember reading that dos mame or windows 95/98 mame can handle this setup.
The problem I was having was one mouse had 8 emitters/receivers with 3 wires each and I had no idea which ones to use. The other mouse I was trying was a compaq (logitech) that only had 2 pairs of emitters/receivers, but it looks like that one might not work either (from the above page). I do have a couple of MS just like the page above but they are serial. I will probably try it with one of those since I could follow the web page mentioned above. I can deal with the serial/ps2 thing later (I think I've seen serial->ps2 adapters for mice before).
I will probably try it again tis weekend. I'll post back here afterwards.
Thanks,
Wade
--- Quote from: rampy on March 13, 2003, 12:09:12 pm ---
Did you look at this one too?
http://mamewah.mameworld.net/MouseHack.html
You can use a serial mouse or a usb mouse or a mouse in a house.. er... if you are reallly stuck you can buy a "pre" hacked one from oscar (it's usb though).
I hacked a Imperial Betson to a crappy ps/2 mouse but I don't think I documented it very well / or at all.
*shrug* All I did was unsolder the transceiver and reciever for each axis and extended wires out. I then picked up a molex plug to mate with the one alraedy on my betson trackball... and wired it up =P (sorry to be vague/general... but do you have a specific thing you are having trouble with that we could steer you in the right direction?) or pics of you meeses (mices plural not your misses with an accent =P )?
rampy
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Minwah:
BTW the mouse hack I documented (the one mentioned above) shows taking the 5v from a drive connector. I since figured out how to get power from the ps/2 port but haven't got round to adding it to the page.
Basically, take a look at the ps/2 port pinouts, eg:
http://www.indiacam.net/pinout/pinout_ps2_serial_mouse.htm
Then use a multimeter/continuity tester to trace which pin leads to where on your mouse PCB. Then just solder a wire from the 5v and GND solder points to the same connections on your trackball.
Doesn't really matter but saves the hassle of having to plug the trackball into a ps/2 port AND drive connector.
Good luck hacking ;)
Wade:
Thanks for the extra info!