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severdhed:

i thought about picking one up a while back, but coudlnt find anyone with experience with them.  the price is nice, but in the end, i opted for the U-trak from ultimarc.  it mounts very nicely in a wooden panel and lights up.  it rolls very smoothly and feels great...but it is a good bit more expensive.

Falkentyne:

IIRC, the X-arcade trackball is simply a modified version of the Betson Imperial unit, so it detects a HID xarcade Device in USB mode.   Besides the electronics, it's the exact same unit.

Those things cost $125 back around 2003.  But now with all the competing products....

I also don't really like the feel of the Betsons.  They seem to get "stuck" too much.  Nothing at all like the feel of those trackballs on the Centipede machines.  Are Happs trackballs or Golden Tees supposed to be -that- good?  Are they the same oval-type mounting shape as the Betsons?

Epyx:

I have one in my Tankstick and liked it enough to order one from X-Arcade for the custom CP.  Like many have said it may be a clone but it feels really good to me.  I also couldn't complain about the price or mouse mode.  It is also a 3" trackball and the ball itself can be swapped if you want to eventually mod it with LED etc.

PCMedics:

I have one in my tankstick has worked very well so far and works very well as a mouse :)

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