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rlemmon

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trackball power question
« on: December 23, 2006, 04:24:15 pm »
Hi guys. I don't have room on my cp for a trackball but i have been researching things for the next project. I came across this

http://cgi.ebay.com/HAPP-CONTROLS-3-USB-PS2-TRACKBALL-ARCADE-WKS-W-MAME_W0QQitemZ250065378781QQihZ015QQcategoryZ13718QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I thought all trackballs had to be wired into the pc's power supply. Is this the only kind that doesn't ? Has anyone used this and if so is it any good ?
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Re: trackball power question
« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2006, 04:32:22 pm »
Quote from: rlemmon on December 23, 2006, 04:24:15 pm
I thought all trackballs had to be wired into the pc's power supply. Is this the only kind that doesn't ?

No USB or PS2 Trackball has to be wired to the PC Power Supply.... Look at it this way, at the end of the day it's effectively just a giant upside down mouse. You don't have to wire your mouse up to the power supply do you?

The only thing that will need a power supply is the trackball lighting, because it WILL draw more than your PS2 Port should be supplying.

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Re: trackball power question
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2006, 06:50:05 pm »
Thanks Julian  :)
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Re: trackball power question
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2006, 01:48:28 pm »
Terry is a great seller, I highly recommend him.
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