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Title: Do these things work?
Post by: Dragonman73 on December 06, 2011, 09:18:34 am

I have a ps/2  trackball mouse in a modified happ trackball mount and wanted to convert it to usb.

(http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd180/1982corvettedude/Arcade/0930110709-01.jpg)


I noticed these "convertors" on ebay and wonder if they work? I just want to make sure windows xp sees this when plugged in through the adapter.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-PS-2-PS2-MOUSE-KEYBOARD-CONVERTER-CABLE-ADAPTER-/290640503350?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ab862236 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-PS-2-PS2-MOUSE-KEYBOARD-CONVERTER-CABLE-ADAPTER-/290640503350?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43ab862236)

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: wizkid32 on December 06, 2011, 11:57:31 pm

Iffy.  I know the other way is easy to convert to!  (Usb to PS2)  Not sure if these work, but XXX to USB adapters are generally looked down upon, sue to issues.

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: Megaweapon on December 10, 2011, 08:25:56 pm

Some converters are better than others.

The Belkin linked here is a good bet: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Geekhack+WorldWide+Shopping+Links#PS+2+to+USB+Adapters (http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Geekhack+WorldWide+Shopping+Links#PS+2+to+USB+Adapters)

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: FALSE on December 10, 2011, 10:01:00 pm

Mind if I ask how big that trackball in your picture is???

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: Dragonman73 on December 10, 2011, 11:03:51 pm

Quote from: FALSE on December 10, 2011, 10:01:00 pm

Mind if I ask how big that trackball in your picture is???

2-1/4  it's the exact one in this link attached to a modified happ trackball mount

http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/47-ps2-led-trackball.html (http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/47-ps2-led-trackball.html)

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: Dragonman73 on December 10, 2011, 11:04:18 pm

Thanks for the input everyone

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: leapinlew on December 11, 2011, 08:30:12 am

Almost no, everytime.

If anything, get an add-in PCI card for the computer so you can plug the hardware directly. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Port-USB2-PS2PORT-32BIT/dp/B0014WN8KW (http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Port-USB2-PS2PORT-32BIT/dp/B0014WN8KW)

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: Dragonman73 on December 11, 2011, 02:01:50 pm

I hadn't hooked up my trackball yet, but I ended up getting one of those adapters in my initial link.

I hooked up a PS/2 mouse to my windows 7 computer with it and it picked it up and started working. I haven't tried it with my xp computer (actual pc running arcade software) or my trackball mouse yet

Title: Re: Do these things work?
Post by: wizkid32 on December 11, 2011, 04:51:17 pm

Quote from: wizkid32 on December 06, 2011, 11:57:31 pm

Iffy.  I know the other way is easy to convert to!  (Usb to PS2)  Not sure if these work, but XXX to USB adapters are generally looked down upon, sue to issues.

Edit:  I meant DUE to issues, not sue to issues.