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Title: X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: MAME nut on August 26, 2004, 02:36:13 pm

I picked up an X-Arcade 2-player controller real cheap.  After some thought, I wish I could incorporate a trackball into it.  

SO.........is it possible to add one and tie it into the existing control wiring??  HELP..........  

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: Evil Otto on August 26, 2004, 04:19:13 pm

Hello,

I am not an expert here, I don't think there is any way to tie into the existing controls.  You would have to cut area for a trackball that would fit and then just run trackball wires (Ps/2, usb or whatever wires connect to optipac if you have one) out of x-arcade to your pc.  The trackball is contolled independent of the x-arcade encoder.
Hope that helps.

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: MAME nut on August 26, 2004, 05:17:24 pm

I'm not sure if I understand.....are you saying that I could buy a USB trackball, cut it into the control panel, but connect it directly to the computers USB slot??  

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: mcdo15 on August 26, 2004, 05:57:09 pm

that would work

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: paigeoliver on August 26, 2004, 06:11:12 pm

Quote from: MAME nut on August 26, 2004, 05:17:24 pm

I'm not sure if I understand.....are you saying that I could buy a USB trackball, cut it into the control panel, but connect it directly to the computers USB slot??  

What made you think a USB trackball would stop working if you placed it inside an X-arcade?

There is no way to make it work with the existing X-arcade wiring as it is totally the wrong kind of thing for that.

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: MAME nut on August 27, 2004, 09:22:02 am

I wasn't sure if I needed some type of interface between the USB trackball and the computer's USB jack???   :-\ :-\ :-\

I'm also not sure how to "program" the tracball to work on certain games...........

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: RayB on August 27, 2004, 10:10:08 am

Super newbie!

You just said it's a USB Trackball.  U... S... B...

Therefore...... It must ALREADY have a cable to connect it to USB right?

AND If it was made for the PC, then golly, it must already work, no? USB trackballs get recognized as a mouse. No need to "program" the games.

~Ray

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: zaphod on August 27, 2004, 10:33:30 am

A 3" arcade trackball will not fit in the little X-arcade.  However, I have seen examples of USB mice hacked into the panel.  Seems like there was an example here a number of months ago.

Title: Re:X-Arcade....w/trackball???
Post by: fredster on August 27, 2004, 11:07:24 am

The Xarcade looks pretty small to do that.

It's a hassle to rip that control unit out too.  It's got a bunch of special wires in about 6 separate circuits.

I used it on my first mame machine, just the control, and the one I have just uses the PS/2.