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DIY Optical Sensor to Mouse Hack
Tiger-Heli:
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--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 29, 2003, 05:37:50 pm ---
$10 for a mouse hack and some solder time is expensive????
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I though you were talking the whole thing, Happ trackball and everything.
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Took me a while to figure out what you meant here. If you are looking to use a genuine arcade trackball, the WICO 2-1/4 trackball is $25 at www.wicothesource.com.
Another option, which doesn't require any hacking is the I-ball USB trackball. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733254155&category=25445
Fry's had these for $2.99 but they sold out, E-bay still has a few. It's a fairly solid 2" USB trackball that wouldn't need any hacking.
FWIW
TheManuel:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on May 30, 2003, 08:23:13 am ---Another option, which doesn't require any hacking is the I-ball USB trackball. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2733254155&category=25445
Fry's had these for $2.99 but they sold out, E-bay still has a few. It's a fairly solid 2" USB trackball that wouldn't need any hacking.
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That's fairly similar to the $20 Crystal trackball I have. But, damn it, if I knew I could have bought that one for $2.99...
The Wico one has a good price tag on it. I'm not so big into trackball games but if I start playing them for a while I will consider getting one of those.
Thanks for the heads up. I did not know about the Wico one.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: TheManuel on May 30, 2003, 09:34:28 am ---That's fairly similar to the $20 Crystal trackball I have. But, damn it, if I knew I could have bought that one for $2.99...
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People who've used both say the I-ball is a little smoother than the Crystal. And I know exactly what you mean, I tried to order the $2.99 ones and they went back-ordered and discontinued before I got mine, so I'm scrounging around for them as well.
--- Quote ---Thanks for the heads up. I did not know about the Wico one.
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No problem! (And like all 2-1/4 trackballs, you can use billiard balls in the Wico as well)