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--- Quote from: SlayerAlex on October 11, 2009, 05:48:49 pm ---Hi. dont mean to thread hijack or anything, but i diddnt want to clog up the bored with more threads when i have a related question. So whats this i hear about UBS issues? I ask because im deciding weather i want to get a usb track ball and a usb spinner and not deal with an encoder, or possibly buy a normal arcade trackball and spinner and use an encoder for them. with the happ usb trackball being 166$, (10$ more then normal trackball + Optipac) i was thinking of geting that for convience. But now having second thoughts if the usb one is known to have issues. Some insight from someone who has experence would really be helpful. Thanks a bunch --- End quote --- The first (few?) batch(es) of USB boards in the TB from happs didn't do well. Some stopped working quickly, others took a year or so to bust, some have worked fine for years. Happs supposedly came out with a new fixed board, but a) the boards looked the same so we here couldn't tell if a specific board was a pre-fix or post-fix board, b) the old boards were still out there, and c) people still were having problems with these TBs. Whether it was due to the old boards still out there, or the new ones not fixed, we couldn't tell. The complaints have died down, bu it's hard to tell if that's because all the old boards are gone now, or if noone (or a lot less) from here is buying them anymore. --- Quote from: Endaar on October 11, 2009, 11:46:25 pm --- --- Quote ---with the happ usb trackball being 166$, (10$ more then normal trackball + Optipac) i was thinking of geting that for convience. --- End quote --- Ouch. Both GGG and Ultimarc have USB trackballs for a lot less than that. I've got the U-Trak from Ultimarc and it works great. --- End quote --- Yeah, both the GGG and Ultimarc come with there own high quality boards for less than that. |
| severdhed:
--- Quote from: Endaar on October 11, 2009, 11:46:25 pm --- --- Quote ---with the happ usb trackball being 166$, (10$ more then normal trackball + Optipac) i was thinking of geting that for convience. --- End quote --- Ouch. Both GGG and Ultimarc have USB trackballs for a lot less than that. I've got the U-Trak from Ultimarc and it works great. Endaar --- End quote --- I also have the Utrak which is awesome...however be aware that you can get it with or without the USB interface. I opted to get it without, because their USB interface does NOT support mouse buttons. (you have to buy one of their more expensive options if you want mouse buttons) |
| taylormadelv:
I just like to see fair comparasons here. For obvious reasons, Randy and Andy dominate these forums and for good reason, their products are superior but not always unique in their application. X-gaming sells a 3" USB trackball with three mouse buttons for $59 (on sale) http://www.xgaming.com/arcade_trackball_part.shtml And while putting together a new mame, I just discovered one huge advantage of the ipac vs the diy xarcade. The xarcade has no arrow keyboard controls out of the box and no shift buttons. That means I have no way to use the joystick to navigate the mame menu to select games after I've escaped a game. The shift keys are also important, since I can access almost every game control, except frameskip from the joystick and start buttons and never have to touch a keyboard or mouse! The ipac is a very well thought out design and it's absolutely rock solid with old, boat anchor Macs running USB 1.1... Cheers Andy! |
| mr_doles:
Well I ended up going with the one from MikesArcade after all. I put more money into the joysticks, which for me will get more use then the trackball. Really this one does exactly what I need it to do. I put in the order Friday morning and got the shipment notification later that day. |
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