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zorg:

Hi,

this will be a newbie question

I was wondering if it's possible to interface a crayola kidsball trackball to an opti-pac.
or if I have to stay with the USB/serial interface.

thank's
bionicbadger:
Not sure about the optipac aspect, but the kidsball is a serial device out of the box.  Can I ask why you want to go through an optipac?  It works fine if you just use the serial port.  I have one in my cabinet.  Just solder a few wires on the board to hook up some happs buttons to use as mouse buttons instead of the ones that come on the ball.
zorg:

--- Quote from: bionicbadger ---the kidsball is a serial device out of the box.  Can I ask why you want to go through an optipac?  It works fine if you just use the serial port.

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yes I know kidsball is just realy plug and play, even using linux ;)

why I want to go via the optipac ? cause it will do one wire less to pass trhu the CP. and my optipac will have slots free ;)

thanks.
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Sasquatch!:
1UP has done (and documented) this exact thing:

http://www.1uparcade.com/projects-kidsball2.html
zorg:

--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on June 16, 2003, 10:07:13 pm ---1UP has done (and documented) this exact thing:

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goshhh how can I have missed that ;)  I have read and read and read ..... the site,
I'm plannig a three rotating CP cab a la 1UP.

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