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Atomic Arcade Encoder
« on: March 18, 2007, 07:11:02 pm »
Has anyone used the Atomic Arcade keyboard/trackball encoder that is available on ebay?

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I ask only because the price is right and the fact they are locally to me so I'd probably be able to pick the thing up for $10....and $10 for a joystick/trackball all-in-one option is pretty damn spiffy (even if I do have to solder the connections).

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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2007, 07:45:52 pm »
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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2007, 07:55:20 pm »
Did anyone ever test the thing to determine how many simultaneous keys it will handle?

Thanks for the links btw.
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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 08:00:09 pm »
Not that anyone posted. Ckenney11 was the only one posting that he had purchased one I believe.

Thanks for volunteering though!  ;D
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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2007, 09:02:02 pm »
Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 18, 2007, 07:11:02 pm
Has anyone used the Atomic Arcade keyboard/trackball encoder that is available on ebay?

DON'T TOUCH IT!!!!  If it's as bad as the keyboard encoder that they sell then it's a piece of crap!!

They lie in their adverts, saying that their keyboard encoder does not block or ghost!! It sucks bigtime!!!

Would you trust a company that lied about that....

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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2007, 11:53:11 pm »
I'm wondering what trackballs come without an interface?....
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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2007, 12:24:32 am »
Quote from: shorthair on March 18, 2007, 11:53:11 pm
I'm wondering what trackballs come without an interface?....

All real arcade trackballs come without an interface..... They were never designed to be connected to a PC. The Happ and the Betson trackballs are designed to connect directly to an arcade board, which has the interface built into it. 

Both Happ and Betson also now produce a USB and PS2 version of their TrackBalls. Mostly because a lot of modern games run on slightly modified PC hardware.

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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2007, 10:07:13 am »
Get the minipac at the reduced BYOAC price and free shipping without cables and you cannot go wrong.
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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2007, 12:30:49 pm »
I bought this encoder for my vertical Mame machine and I don't have one complaint.  It is used basically for the classics and a couple of bowling/trackball games, but for the price you can't go wrong.  I never experienced any ghosting problems, but I am not playing 2 player fighters either.  The soldering takes a little time, but I like this one alot.  I have a Hagstrom KE72-T, that I spent a small fortune on, and in price comparison, the atom encoder wins.  Besides, what's 20 clams nowadays?

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Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2007, 12:33:42 pm »
If you are going to be using it for a 1 player cab, I don't see how any of the blocking or ghosting could be much of an issue. 2 players is another story.
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