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Title: A question
Post by: Richy on September 15, 2002, 08:24:56 am

I am thinking of getting an imperial tracball. But later i might want to get an oscar spinner. How would i connect both of them to the same PC.

Title: A answer
Post by: nullb0y on September 15, 2002, 10:27:29 am

rig them to the same x acis on the interface you chose to use :) get a mouse from school thet there gonnathrow out becauseits missing a ball ;)

Title: Re:A Answer
Post by: SirPoonga on September 15, 2002, 10:52:45 am

You hook them both up at the same time.

the imperial is a ps2 ball, unless you did some hack.
oscar's spinner are ps2/usb.

Plus imperial into ps2, spinner into usb.

Now, if you plan on using dos (ie can't use usb) then get a ps2 splitter.

Title: Re:A answer
Post by: SirPoonga on September 15, 2002, 10:54:44 am

Quote from: nullb0y on September 15, 2002, 10:27:29 am

rig them to the same x acis on the interface you chose to use :) get a mouse from school thet there gonnathrow out becauseits missing a ball ;)

From school???  hehe, you young  whippersnappers ;D

Some of us (well, alot of us) are past those schooling days.  Myself I am 2 years out of college!

Title: Re:A Answer
Post by: OSCAR on September 15, 2002, 03:30:02 pm

Quote from: SirPoonga on September 15, 2002, 10:52:45 am

You hook them both up at the same time.

the imperial is a ps2 ball, unless you did some hack.
oscar's spinner are ps2/usb.

Plus imperial into ps2, spinner into usb.

Now, if you plan on using dos (ie can't use usb) then get a ps2 splitter.

I couldn't have said it better myself.

I couldn't have swiped a mouse from school, either.   When I was at school, the Engineering lab had all Sun stations (Sparc's ?) that used the funky optical mouse that needed the reflective grid mouse pad.  I'm sure those would make for a very interesting/difficult hack.  :)

Title: Re:A question
Post by: nullb0y on September 16, 2002, 03:28:03 pm

well they were gonna be thrown ou so like everyother 5 finger i do i said hey ::Swipe::  lol im 17 btw lol

Title: Re:A question
Post by: Richy on September 18, 2002, 01:47:30 pm

Ok thanks, does windows accept a ps2 and usb mouse at the same time though?

Title: Re:A question
Post by: u_rebelscum on September 19, 2002, 03:02:44 am

Quote from: Richy on September 18, 2002, 01:47:30 pm

Ok thanks, does windows accept a ps2 and usb mouse at the same time though?

Yes, but both control the screen pointer in windows.  And, thus, control the same player.  Also, windows is set up for only one mouse driver settings in the control panel (I haven't seen XP, though), so AFAIK, you must use the same settings (accel, sensitivity, ect) for both mice.

Title: Re:A question
Post by: Richy on September 20, 2002, 12:25:56 pm

ok, thanks for the help
:)