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Title: Mini trackballs?
Post by: str1der on February 17, 2004, 04:17:42 pm

Are there mini trackballs that would work well on a bartop cab?

Title: Re:Mini trackballs?
Post by: menace on February 17, 2004, 04:19:03 pm

there were laptop mice that had a trackball orientation--they ran on the 9 -pin serial port.  let me see if i can dig up a pic.

ah go here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2787715977&category=3678

Title: Re:Mini trackballs?
Post by: Nailz on February 17, 2004, 07:54:53 pm

Happs makes a 1.5" trackball, but it's pretty damn expensive...

Title: Re:Mini trackballs?
Post by: DrewKaree on February 17, 2004, 09:29:24 pm

Or hack a Logitech Trackball Mouse to use.  There's several models to choose from.  

Title: Re:Mini trackballs?
Post by: civic83 on February 17, 2004, 09:46:55 pm

i have one of the units like menace posted, they are great for windows navigation but not the right feel for games I find.  Also, they wont stand upto much abuse for games like marble madness.

Title: Re:Mini trackballs?
Post by: OSCAR on February 17, 2004, 09:49:56 pm

I was in a Ruby Tuesday's a little while ago for lunch in East Lansing, MI, and they had a bartop Golden Tee sitting right on the bar.  This was a tiny bartop, a little smaller than my Happy Hour cabinet (http://www.skum.org/bartop).  It had a trackball in it about the size of a golfball.  I guess that probably had to be the Happ 1-1/2" one, I don't know what else it would have been.