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MinerAl:
Just for the record, my Atari Football trackballs are 4.5" in diameter.
"We've got the biggest balls of them all!"
It would be very difficult to make a 2 player CP with one of these in it. The mechanism needs about a 7" across by 7" wide by 4" deep space under the CP. Most people don't have that kind of realestate in an everyday CP; maybe a modular CP though.
Generic Eric:
Brax:
I haven't seen a kidsball. Are they as solid as a regular trackball? Or are they soft like a toy?
MinerAL:
Wow. I didn't realize they were that big. I plan on going w/ the modular, rotating or swappable CPs, so do you think I could handle balls that big? ...er I mean the 4.5 atari trackballs in a cp? Other than a few buttons for each player, that would be it.
MinerAl:
If you can handle the Big Balls, then by all means, get the Big Balls.
Atari Football is a table game, so there are 2 CPs. Each CP is 22" (or 24" I can't recall right now) wide, but clearance issues under the control panel lessen that by 1.5" on the sides.
There is plenty of room on the stock CP (without major surgery) for me to fit a Big Ball, 1 joystick, and 5 buttons, and when I get around to it I will make a custom CP that should easily fit a BB, 1 joy, and 7 buttons.
The CP will have to be sheet steel though. I'm sure it's possible to mount this several pound monster under wood, but I'd be very concerned about stability if someone got enthusiastic about their Millipede game.
For modular CPs, I'd make a "classics" CP that had a Big Ball and a leafy Pac-Man style 4-way joystick, enough buttons for Defender / Stargate, and maybe a plateless OSCAR 3 spinner for Tempest.
I'll eventually make a page about the Big Balls, with pictures and dimensions and so on.
marcoval:
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you can get complete refurbished 3" imperial betsons for 29.99...
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Where?
rampy:
--- Quote from: marcoval on April 02, 2003, 01:03:23 pm ---
--- Quote from: rampy on April 01, 2003, 08:55:49 pm ---[...
you can get complete refurbished 3" imperial betsons for 29.99...
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Where?
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From imperial betson.... http://www.betson.com/ although their site isn't coming up for me at the moment...
you'll wanna hit the "parts" navigation bar thingie... and do a search. Their site is a little kludgey to navigate... but if I find the part number i'll edit it here...
rampy