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Title: Griffin Powermate
Post by: legoicecream on November 10, 2004, 10:13:20 am

Has anybody used one of these as a spinner on their cp.  Mod it a bit and it would make quite a nice spinner.  For those of you who dont know what it is heres a link.http://griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/ (http://griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/) By the way they have a black and aluminum one.

Title: Re:Griffin Powermate
Post by: dabone on November 10, 2004, 10:19:10 am

It's more of a arkanoid feel that a tempest, it doesn't spin freely.


(Friend of mine has one for his HTPC)


Later,
dabone

Title: Re:Griffin Powermate
Post by: Tiger-Heli on November 10, 2004, 11:16:24 am

There have been threads about it in the past (2-3 years ago)

Title: Re:Griffin Powermate
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on November 10, 2004, 06:28:43 pm

They do NOT work well as a spinner.
They are digital devices, and send keypresses, rather than optical data.
They also have no weight to the base, so you would have to glue the thing down to get it to stay in place while you spin it.
There is also some kind of friction device inside, so that they turn more like a volume knob on your stereo, rather than a spinner of any kind.

I do HAVE one on my cab, but only because I didn't want to hack my Mac to get a remote power on.
I use the PowerMate solely for turning on the computer.