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Kensington Expert Mouse
« on: January 10, 2008, 10:15:29 pm »
Grabbed myself a really cool thrift store find. Kensington's Expert Mouse trackball. Looks like a 2" trackball, easily hacked into a cabinet. Anyone ever see these?

http://mineko.fc2web.com/box/tb-room/items/res/kensington-expert-mouse5/mainimg.jpg
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Re: Kensington Expert Mouse
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 10:19:26 pm »
Quote from: barnes on January 10, 2008, 10:15:29 pm
Grabbed myself a really cool thrift store find. Kensington's Expert Mouse trackball. Looks like a 2" trackball, easily hacked into a cabinet. Anyone ever see these?

http://mineko.fc2web.com/box/tb-room/items/res/kensington-expert-mouse5/mainimg.jpg

Yeah, that is absolutely my favorite trackball. They last about four years in normal use at work and such. I keep coming back to them because they really do feel better than the Logitech marble stuff and so forth. Great find!
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Re: Kensington Expert Mouse
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 08:15:50 am »
Quote from: barnes on January 10, 2008, 10:15:29 pm
Grabbed myself a really cool thrift store find. Kensington's Expert Mouse trackball. Looks like a 2" trackball, easily hacked into a cabinet. Anyone ever see these?

http://mineko.fc2web.com/box/tb-room/items/res/kensington-expert-mouse5/mainimg.jpg

they have been used before check out ften's site for some ideas.....

http://fathertom.net/mame/trackball.html

http://www.fathertom.net/mame/pictures/index.php?page=4

I have one I plan to use for my cabinet
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Re: Kensington Expert Mouse
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 02:22:56 pm »
Love this TB, too.  Have one for my home computer (but went with an arcade TB for my CP).  Probably the best PC TB out there (not sure about the current version, though).

It's a 2 1/4" ball, BTW.  Same as most pool (billiards) ball (hint ;)).

Good luck!
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Re: Kensington Expert Mouse
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2008, 09:09:15 pm »
Yah I used one in my CP, along with a clear sparkle cue ball from Paramount Industries. Drilled a hole it it and lit it with some lazer LEDs and it looks and functions great.

Not the best option for Golden Tee or the bowling games, but great for the classics like Centipede etc.

See: http://fathertom.net/mame/trackball.html

And what I did:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=68929.msg703000#msg703000


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Re: Kensington Expert Mouse
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2008, 01:30:36 am »
Yeah, I also wound up using a cue ball for my cabinet. I have to say that after all this time and quite alot of beating, the
Kensington trackball is still holding up fine.



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