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Title: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: FrizzleFried on March 18, 2007, 07:11:02 pm: Has anyone used the Atomic Arcade keyboard/trackball encoder that is available on ebay?

Ebay Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/MAME-compatible-Joystick-Trackball-Arcade-Controller_W0QQitemZ280095218384QQcategoryZ13718QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

I ask only because the price is right and the fact they are locally to me so I'd probably be able to pick the thing up for $10....and $10 for a joystick/trackball all-in-one option is pretty damn spiffy (even if I do have to solder the connections).
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: Hoopz on March 18, 2007, 07:45:52 pm: I thought Youki had branched out from frontends.... :laugh2:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53440.0v

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=48250.0
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: FrizzleFried on March 18, 2007, 07:55:20 pm: Did anyone ever test the thing to determine how many simultaneous keys it will handle?

Thanks for the links btw.
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: Hoopz on March 18, 2007, 08:00:09 pm: Not that anyone posted. Ckenney11 was the only one posting that he had purchased one I believe.

Thanks for volunteering though! ;D
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on March 18, 2007, 09:02:02 pm: Quote from: FrizzleFried on March 18, 2007, 07:11:02 pm
Has anyone used the Atomic Arcade keyboard/trackball encoder that is available on ebay?

DON'T TOUCH IT!!!! If it's as bad as the keyboard encoder that they sell then it's a piece of crap!!

They lie in their adverts, saying that their keyboard encoder does not block or ghost!! It sucks bigtime!!!

Would you trust a company that lied about that....

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: shorthair on March 18, 2007, 11:53:11 pm: I'm wondering what trackballs come without an interface?....
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: Fozzy The Bear on March 19, 2007, 12:24:32 am: Quote from: shorthair on March 18, 2007, 11:53:11 pm
I'm wondering what trackballs come without an interface?....

All real arcade trackballs come without an interface..... They were never designed to be connected to a PC. The Happ and the Betson trackballs are designed to connect directly to an arcade board, which has the interface built into it.

Both Happ and Betson also now produce a USB and PS2 version of their TrackBalls. Mostly because a lot of modern games run on slightly modified PC hardware.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: BobA on March 19, 2007, 10:07:13 am: Get the minipac at the reduced BYOAC price and free shipping without cables and you cannot go wrong.
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: LPZ on March 19, 2007, 12:30:49 pm: I bought this encoder for my vertical Mame machine and I don't have one complaint. It is used basically for the classics and a couple of bowling/trackball games, but for the price you can't go wrong. I never experienced any ghosting problems, but I am not playing 2 player fighters either. The soldering takes a little time, but I like this one alot. I have a Hagstrom KE72-T, that I spent a small fortune on, and in price comparison, the atom encoder wins. Besides, what's 20 clams nowadays?

LPZ
Title: Re: Atomic Arcade Encoder
Post by: horseboy on March 19, 2007, 12:33:42 pm: If you are going to be using it for a 1 player cab, I don't see how any of the blocking or ghosting could be much of an issue. 2 players is another story.