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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Donkbaca on October 20, 2010, 12:49:58 pm
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In the midst of building my CP, I will post photos of the build when I am a bit further along. However I wanted to get the community's opinion on something:
Currently I am not putting a Track Ball on my CP, because i don't want to take up the real estate on my CP, and I want to keep my CP pretty clean and uncluttered and I am not a huge fan of trackball games. However, the more I think about it, the more I am thinking that maybe I might want to add a trackball later, so I got to thinking. I am planning on having a hinged cubby area between my CP and coin door instead of a keyboard drawer as a place to stow lightguns and wireless 360 controllers for console emulation. I remember X-Arcade made a trackball controller, but I don't think they make it anymore. here is a picture of it:
http://www.amazon.com/X-Arcade-Trackball/dp/B000CD53RA (http://www.amazon.com/X-Arcade-Trackball/dp/B000CD53RA)
I could maybe make one. It would basically it would be a USB trackball in a box buttons on the side. I could pull this out from my storage area and rest it on my CP between the 1p and 2p controlls where a trackball would go.controllers. Any ideas on what the dimensions should be? Should I just nix the idea? I am pretty against installing a trackball on the CP itself...
Thanks!
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I'd say if you are set against putting a trackball on your CP, then just complete your project since a decision on an exterior trackball won't change that.
Play for a bit. If you decide that you have enough need for your "trackball in a box", then you can always do it later.
Size of the box would probably depend upon the trackball you select.
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i say, if you dont think you want a trackball, then don't bother. i didn't have a trackball in my panel for a long time, until a friend showed me centipede after we built his panel..then i had to have one. so i added it later. my point is, that unless you are really awesome, you will probably not make your panel perfect the first time. i have had so many revisions to my control panel, that i lost count. make the panel the way you want, and try it for a while. you can always make a new one later....or even a second cabinet. i had a 2 player setup with two u360s and a trackball, now i have two cabinets... a 4player panel with only 8way joysticks and buttons, and a second cabinet with a vertical monitor, tracbkall and 4 way stick.
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Perhaps a smaller trackball, that won't take over your control panel?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380280049513&hlp=false&rvr_id=156177149011&crlp=1_263602_304652&UA=WXI8&GUID=37ec6b161190a0aad2d32fe3fff54099&itemid=380280049513&ff4=263602_304652 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380280049513&hlp=false&rvr_id=156177149011&crlp=1_263602_304652&UA=WXI8&GUID=37ec6b161190a0aad2d32fe3fff54099&itemid=380280049513&ff4=263602_304652)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Heavy-duty-38mm-Console-Mount-Stand-Alone-Trackball-/390245281323?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Automation_Control_ET&hash=item5adc6e6e2b (http://cgi.ebay.com/Heavy-duty-38mm-Console-Mount-Stand-Alone-Trackball-/390245281323?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Automation_Control_ET&hash=item5adc6e6e2b)
- Mark