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Title: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: bossyman15 on January 04, 2006, 11:42:22 pm

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/2097/happtrackball7pf.jpg

 see top one says Translucent but bottom one says Translucent and Illuminated.

what's the difference between these two?

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: allroy1975 on January 04, 2006, 11:49:27 pm

the bottom one is illuminated.

it comes with a tiny lightbulb that isn't very bright.  get that one...because for some reason it's like $2 cheaper, then get some LEDs to put under it to light it well.

Allroy

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: Kremmit on January 05, 2006, 12:11:59 am

Dear Lord, don't buy either one of those.  Happ is raping you.

Buy a 3" Happ trackball from Happ here for $53.99:
http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/56010011.htm
(Or see if Ponyboy can get you a better deal.)

Buy a replacement ball from Happ for $33.00:
http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/950029xx.htm $33.30
(Or see if Ponyboy can get you a better deal.  I think Bob Roberts also has them, and a lot of folks have bought translucent 3" juggling balls, too.)

Buy GroovyGameGear's new optical encoder board when it becomes available (soon) for $16.95
(Or hack a cheap mouse.)

Even if you Buy the Happ ball and the GroovyGameGear encoder, you've only spent $104.24, leaving you $52.46 to light the thing up with.  Or buy a spinner, which the GGG board should support, and the Happ interface won't.

The only difference between the trackball assembly I linked and the one you're looking at is that it has a higher "lip" of plastic around the trackball hole.  Which is designed to push up through your control panel / plexiglass / lexan, but you can just sand the lip right off if you don't want it.  Mechanically and electrically, they're identical.


edit- electrically, they are not identical, maybe.  The Happ diagrams show a different part # for the optic boards for these two balls.  Whether they actually ship with two different boards, I don't know, the exploded diagram for the standard 3" may just be out of date, or it may actually ship with a different board.

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: bossyman15 on January 05, 2006, 02:59:32 am

oh thanks for letting me know! i will follow your tip.

oh btw would i be able to use LED in that Golden tee trackball with Translucent Blue ball?

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: divemaster127 on January 05, 2006, 10:11:43 am

I sell the happ harness version just like above, but it has the translucent blue ball already & the light, send me a PM if you are interested, its $61.99 plus shipping
thanks
divemaster127

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: ptpeter on January 05, 2006, 03:28:24 pm

if i were to get that would i need a differnt mounting plate? because my control pannel is wood.

Title: Re: what's the difference between these 2 trackballs?
Post by: divemaster127 on January 05, 2006, 03:34:40 pm

The mounting plate you want is the 3" happ mounting kit, i have a dozen of these in stock they mount to wood & i sell them for 10.99 each & they come with the screws you need & look really good
thanks
divemaster127