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stuckpixel:


--- Quote from: Dmod on June 04, 2007, 05:32:45 pm ---I have a USB keyboard hooked up 100% of the time for administrative tasks.  Multiple USB mice can get a little bit tricky.

I'm not sure if memory serves correctly, but I think MAME only recognizes input from the first mouse device while windows will recognize either.  As long as your trackball acts as the primary mouse, I think it should work fine. 

Not sure what you gain though.  Since your trackball will function as your windows mouse then all you gain by adding the "administrative" windows mouse is another set of mouse buttons.

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Yesterday I hooked up two USB mice (my normal one and a trackball for a project) and mame detected both of them as seperate mice. It was at first defaulting to my regular mouse, as it was the first one plugged in, but I went and it detected the trackball as mouse 2, and I could map to it.

Just thought I'd share.

krazy_kenny1:


--- Quote from: stuckpixel on June 05, 2007, 08:31:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Dmod on June 04, 2007, 05:32:45 pm ---I have a USB keyboard hooked up 100% of the time for administrative tasks.  Multiple USB mice can get a little bit tricky.

I'm not sure if memory serves correctly, but I think MAME only recognizes input from the first mouse device while windows will recognize either.  As long as your trackball acts as the primary mouse, I think it should work fine. 

Not sure what you gain though.  Since your trackball will function as your windows mouse then all you gain by adding the "administrative" windows mouse is another set of mouse buttons.

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Yesterday I hooked up two USB mice (my normal one and a trackball for a project) and mame detected both of them as seperate mice. It was at first defaulting to my regular mouse, as it was the first one plugged in, but I went and it detected the trackball as mouse 2, and I could map to it.

Just thought I'd share.

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Ya, I believe the more recent versions of mame have native support for multiple mice.

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