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Mouse -> Trackball hack
innkeeper:
I've done 2 imperial trackball mouse hacks so far, and they work great. here is where I found the best info on it.
http://www.members.shaw.ca/bakaye/tballhack.htm
The site talks specificly about the imperial trackball. I think it is pretty stright foward.
seems most any mouse will do, but you might need to trace out where +5 and ground are on the mouse. I opted for 3 button mice as i have used the 3 mouse buttons on my control panel as well!...(makes it very convenent when in windows)
Happy Interfacing
Innkeeper
Wade:
Well I dug up a ps/2 microsoft mouse and it went pretty smoothly. Its a lot easier when you have a mouse that matches one of the documented hacks. :)
I almost cut up my trackball harness last night I was so eager to test the hack, but I resisted. Where can I buy one of those molex connectors? Do the auto stores carry them?
Thanks,
Wade
rampy:
--- Quote from: Wade on March 14, 2003, 08:57:31 am ---Well I dug up a ps/2 microsoft mouse and it went pretty smoothly. Its a lot easier when you have a mouse that matches one of the documented hacks. :)
I almost cut up my trackball harness last night I was so eager to test the hack, but I resisted. Where can I buy one of those molex connectors? Do the auto stores carry them?
Thanks,
Wade
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I got mine at radioshack... I dont' think it would matter if you just lopped off the existing molex -> I was just being anal/neat about that one part of my project (where was that attention to detail when I was spaghetti hacking my sidewinder?! but i digress)
Sorry no part number... It was an "assemble yourself" type molex connector where you crimp the wire into the pins and then push the pins through (although I'm pretty sure i used improper technique in constructing my molex - but it holds/works fine)
I belive it was in the "drawers" type part bins (i.e. not on a hook on a wall) FWIW
rampy
EDITed for hooked on phonics error
Wade:
Cool, I'll check there after work today.
Thanks,
Wade