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Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« on: May 06, 2010, 04:20:59 pm »
Attached to the trackball itself are multiple wires with terminal connectors at the end.  Are these needed for anything? :p
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2010, 04:35:56 pm »
They should be color-coded; there are 4 buttons that interface with that trackball.

There are redundant wires though.  I'm not sure why they make them that way, unless you want to go crazy with buttons on your control panel (maybe 4 on left side and 4 on right for left and right handed players?  Not sure).

Also, the terminal ends are different sizes.

I just keep my extra wires tied up and tucked out of the way.
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2010, 04:44:11 pm »
They will show up as Left, Right, & Middle mouse buttons.
Another wire disables the x axis (blue if I remember right), so you can cheat at golf & bowling.

Didn't it come with instructions?
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2010, 04:49:21 pm »
Quote from: BadMouth on May 06, 2010, 04:44:11 pm
They will show up as Left, Right, & Middle mouse buttons.
Another wire disables the x axis (blue if I remember right), so you can cheat at golf & bowling.

Didn't it come with instructions?

Yeah, but they were for the tankstick :p.  lol.
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2010, 08:40:29 am »
as an unsatisfied x-arcade owner myself....... why, WHY are people still buying stuff from them!!!
i learned the hard way. Others shouldnt have to. building your own CP is soo much better
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2010, 01:10:05 pm »
Quote from: shfifty on May 15, 2010, 08:40:29 am
as an unsatisfied x-arcade owner myself....... why, WHY are people still buying stuff from them!!!
i learned the hard way. Others shouldnt have to. building your own CP is soo much better

Maybe they don't read here first so see that xarcade sticks are generally not liked.
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2010, 07:18:41 pm »
Quote from: shfifty on May 15, 2010, 08:40:29 am
as an unsatisfied x-arcade owner myself....... why, WHY are people still buying stuff from them!!!
i learned the hard way. Others shouldnt have to. building your own CP is soo much better
He didn't buy a control panel, he bought a trackball.

I bought an X-Arcade trackball too, that I put in my custom-built control panel.

Their trackballs get great reviews (they're Betson clones).  That's not to say their joysticks/other items are good (they're not generally), but their trackballs are excellent.
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Re: Just got my Trackball from X-Arcade
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2010, 09:31:09 pm »
What's the best trackball out there?
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