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Can A Sega Trackball be hacked?
AlanS17:
--- Quote from: AwesomeAlbert on October 31, 2006, 10:29:18 pm ---I dont see the point spending 40 dollars for an optipac to see if a 5 dollar trackball works. Hacking a mouse seems more fun !
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I've never heard of an arcade trackball that couldn't be adapted for PC use with a proper encoder like an Opti-Pac. I can't say the same for mouse hacks. As long as the trackball isn't actually broken, there shouldn't be a problem getting it to work with the Opti-Pac. There's no hacking involved. You can't say the same for a mouse hack which may or may not work even with a perfectly good trackball.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on November 07, 2006, 09:09:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: AwesomeAlbert on October 31, 2006, 10:29:18 pm ---I dont see the point spending 40 dollars for an optipac to see if a 5 dollar trackball works. Hacking a mouse seems more fun !
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I've never heard of an arcade trackball that couldn't be adapted for PC use with a proper encoder like an Opti-Pac. I can't say the same for mouse hacks. As long as the trackball isn't actually broken, there shouldn't be a problem getting it to work with the Opti-Pac. There's no hacking involved. You can't say the same for a mouse hack which may or may not work even with a perfectly good trackball.
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Have a look here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59560.0
Admittedly, that optic wasn't from a trackball, and it was a minipac instead of an optipac. But, AFAIK, the optical portion of the minipac is the same as what's on an optipac. At any rate, that particular optic board worked with no mods on the mouse hack, but required some modification to get going on the "proper encoder".
Of course, I'm biased, since it's one of my mousehacks we're talking about, both in the other thread, and the one that's on it's way to Albert here. I hope it works with his Sega trackball; we should know in a few days.
AwesomeAlbert:
here are some pics.
maybe someone will see something "special" about a sega optic board.
AwesomeAlbert:
Got hacked mouse today, hooked it up to my trackball and nothing!!!
i connected it 1 2 3 4 is this wrong? Maybe someone that can look at the optic board and tell me otherwise.
a +5 g b
i got a message from Crowquill, he also has two sega trackballs, he hooked them up to one of Oscar's hacked mouse he used to sell with no luck.
I dont think its an mousehack/optipac thing, either the trackballs are dead, or sega trackballs cant be hacked.
Kremmit:
I'm really not an expert on circuits, but after looking at it, I think the pin assignments for that board would be:
1 = +5
2 = G
3 & 4 = X1 & X2
??