Hi all,first post here. I'm renovating a Taito Pacman (converted to Big Event Golf) cabinet (will be posting pics soon) and I am making a custom control panel with a PC inside the cab to run MAME. I have most of the parts for the CP, joysticks, USB spinner,buttons etc,and I have a USB trackball but it means using the one from my X-Arcade console,which would basically render that useless.
Can't afford to shell out $100 right now for a Happ 3"USB,but I can get a decent used non-USB one cheap,but not sure how to hook it up.
There is a trackball in the CP from the Big Event Golf game,but its only a small one and i want to put a 3" in there.
I have an IPAC4 to connect the joysticks and buttons,but if i get a trackball from another arcade machine,how can I connect it up to work with the system along with the IPAC if its not USB connectable?. If its a pain in the you-know-what I'll just use the one from my X-Arcade and go via USB
thanks