The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Buy/Sell/Trade - non-retail => Topic started by: Chris on February 02, 2003, 09:54:37 pm
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I just bought one of these from eBay for $9.50:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11193&item=3400323846
The guy selling them says he has about 30 of them left. From the looks of the picture, using the 3.5" disk in the picture as a reference, it looks like a 2-1/4" or 2-1/2" ball.
I'll hopefully have mine before the week is out, so I'll let you know how well it works... this is just screaming for an LED to light it up...
--Chris
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One less now!
Thanks
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And he immediately put another up at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11193&item=3400415825 .
I should have mine on Wednesday, so I'll hopefully be able to get a review up... it looks like I'll be able to mount it the same way my old one was mounted, on a 3.5" square piece of fiberboard, making for a very small footprint...
--Chris
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ARGH!!!!!!
He doesn't take Canadian orders!
Damn him! *kicks dirt!*
;D
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ARGH!!!!!!
He doesn't take Canadian orders!
Damn him! *kicks dirt!*
;D
Have you ever though about moving to the US? ;D
Just kidding... I'm sure its nice where you live.
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He put up two more:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11193&item=3400425282
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11193&item=3400425412
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Let us know how they roll.
Do they have bearings?
Do they roll better than the crystal trackball?
Are they actually 2 1/4"?
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Chris, you should buy a bunch from that guy and sell them to the Canadians. ;D
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Ask him, he may ship to you.
I asked and he'll ship to me for the same price as in the continental US.
I picked one up tonight.
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Did you ask the exact size of his ball?
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Okay, I just received mine, and it's not completely ideal. The ball is actually about 2". There is no "whizz" to it; in fac, it doesn't turn particularly smoothly at all. Thre are no bearings, just a plastic idler wheel. It does have fairly large encoder wheels, though.
I'm going to try a bit of lube and see if I can wizzz it up.
--Chris
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Okay, I just received mine, and it's not completely ideal. The ball is actually about 2". There is no "whizz" to it; in fac, it doesn't turn particularly smoothly at all. Thre are no bearings, just a plastic idler wheel. It does have fairly large encoder wheels, though.
I'm going to try a bit of lube and see if I can wizzz it up.
--Chris
beavis & butthead voice
you said lube
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Well I got my track ball today also. The ball is smaller then I hoped. There isn't any wizz as Chris mentioned, but I am optimistic. I would think to "hack" this you would take it out of its shell, so you could mount the ball accordingly. So I just opened it up. I don't like the third support wheel. The wheel itself is too narrow, and its not supported as well as the two encoder wheels. I already closed it up, but I think the encoder wheels were about the size of a nickel.
Having said all of that, I am quite happy with just over $9 trackball.
<queer joke>
Thanks for the tip Chris even if the guys balls weren't as big as we hoped.
</queer joke>
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Wel, with the cover on, you get lots of friction; with the cover off, too little support. A little lube and a bigger ball helped, but I do get lots of backspin. I'm going to try breaking off two out of every three spokes to see if that helps...
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Darn, it doesn't sound very good at all.
Mine is still on the way..
I currently have a crystal trackball mounted. If it isn't any better than that, (in fact it sounds worse) at least I can use the blue ball in place of the clear one.
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I just played centipede with it. It makes a world of difference over the keyboard. I am happy.