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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: mst3kpimp on April 24, 2012, 12:50:43 am
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I wanted to play games like Centipede, Missile Command and Marble Madness on my PC so I got a Happ trackball on Ebay cheap and three arcade buttons. I performed the mouse hack with little trouble although I had to go to several thrift shops to find a ball mouse with a USB connector as no store carries these anymore. I didn't have to remove the 3 buttons from the mouse board and just soldered the wires on top of them. After I constructed the enclosure using scrap wood. What can I say, it's pretty and it works. total cost $25 yaaaay
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Nice work.
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Beautiful work! Hey, I realize that nearly 4 years have passed, but I figure it won't to ask: can you share with me the connections between the trackball and the mouse? I have the exact same hardware.
- Michael
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Beautiful work! Hey, I realize that nearly 4 years have passed, but I figure it won't to ask: can you share with me the connections between the trackball and the mouse? I have the exact same hardware.
- Michael
It would just be easier to buy rablack's trackball encoder (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,129928.0/all.html). I think it's around $10, but it's plug and play and you don't have to worry about a mouse hack.
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It would just be easier to buy rablack's trackball encoder (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,129928.0/all.html). I think it's around $10, but it's plug and play and you don't have to worry about a mouse hack.
Not just as easier - much easier, and cleaner. Thanks. I will contact Rablack now.
- M
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Old mouse is $1 and a mouse hack is one of the simplest and most satisfying things that anyone in this hobby can do...
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It would just be easier to buy rablack's trackball encoder (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,129928.0/all.html). I think it's around $10, but it's plug and play and you don't have to worry about a mouse hack.
Not just as easier - much easier, and cleaner. Thanks. I will contact Rablack now.
- M
I use Rablack97's encoder for my Tempest. It works great.
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Old mouse is $1 and a mouse hack is one of the simplest and most satisfying things that anyone in this hobby can do...
I have pair of $1 mice, and the card inside looks exactly like the one in this post. If only I could see the wires better . . . .
I also have a $1 keyboard to take apart. It looks like a simple thing to map wire combinations to the buttons and joysticks. Looks like MAME will accept anything for inputs.
- M
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Hacking a mouse interface fairly easy, but hacking a keyboard interface is torture because of ghosting.
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Hacking a mouse interface fairly easy, but hacking a keyboard interface is torture because of ghosting.
I actually had fun a few years ago finally trying a keyboard hack, but the problem I found is that the terminals aren't really suited for soldering. There's some kind of weird carbon conductive material.
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It took me weeks to get my stick working when I did the keyboard hack. It was one of my first ever electronics projects though, I would probably have an easier time with it today. I remember I used the DeCosa guide I found on this site and cut up 2 broken Sega Genesis controllers for their cords. That was a really long time ago, probably 17 years now?
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I've got three or four keyboards laying around I always meant to hack but it's not really worth the hassle these days.
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Old mouse is $1 and a mouse hack is one of the simplest and most satisfying things that anyone in this hobby can do...
Agreed, my board is more a luxury, to your point its not to deter a hobbyist from learning a new technique. If he can't get that to work as expected, then my boards would be secondary protocol.
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Old mouse is $1 and a mouse hack is one of the simplest and most satisfying things that anyone in this hobby can do...
Agreed, my board is more a luxury, to your point its not to deter a hobbyist from learning a new technique. If he can't get that to work as expected, then my boards would be secondary protocol.
I wouldn't sell your boards short, bro. They just work. :-)
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Thank you for all the replies! I have to try the mouse and keyboard hacks, but if I don't have success, I will buy interface boards. I'll be sure and post my game here when it's ready.
- M
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Old mouse is $1 and a mouse hack is one of the simplest and most satisfying things that anyone in this hobby can do...
Agreed, my board is more a luxury, to your point its not to deter a hobbyist from learning a new technique. If he can't get that to work as expected, then my boards would be secondary protocol.
I wouldn't sell your boards short, bro. They just work. :-)
Oh im not bro, i know they work, but i did the hack too and it was more of a just to see if i could do it. Ego-man thing i guess.
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Thanks for this,
But i tried it with my 3" happ and 2 logitech mouse (ps2 & usb) but it did not work for me. With the usb i got some kind of result, but the crsor moved extremely fast. Even on the slow settings in control panel its way to fast. Anyone an idea?
Edit: hmm according to this page http://mamewah.mameworld.info/mousehack.htm (http://mamewah.mameworld.info/mousehack.htm) it doesnt work with logitechs :banghead:
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Oh yeah forgot to add that, the hack only works with a select mice.