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Title: anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 10:08:06 am: Just wondering if anyone had any experinece in this. I'm trying to keep my costs down if I can and if I could wire it this way, it would be the cheapest method.

TRACKBALL (http://www.wicothesource.com/new2/pages/page89.htm)

INTERFACE (http://www.oscarcontrols.com/cgi-bin/cart.pl?DT=1)
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: NY_in_TX on July 07, 2003, 10:24:09 am: I have a Wico 2.25" trackball and the Oscar USB interface.

Works like a charm. I am pretty sure the connectors are the same.

ny
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 10:27:38 am: EXCELLENT.

THANKS
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Mike on July 07, 2003, 11:36:01 am: I have my wico trackball and oscar spinner both wired into my oscar interface.
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 11:37:48 am: Quote from: Mike on July 07, 2003, 11:36:01 am
I have my wico trackball and oscar spinner both wired into my oscar interface.

Both are wired into one oscar interface?
Cool. Then I only have to buy one
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 07, 2003, 02:03:09 pm: Quote from: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 11:37:48 am
Quote from: Mike on July 07, 2003, 11:36:01 am
I have my wico trackball and oscar spinner both wired into my oscar interface.

Both are wired into one oscar interface?
Cool. Then I only have to buy one

I hope Mike meant Optipac :) Anyway, you cna hook two trackballs to an optipac. So you should have no problems.
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 02:17:13 pm: I'm trying to avoid buying an optipac actually, so I hope he meant oscar's interface
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 07, 2003, 02:29:19 pm: Quote from: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 02:17:13 pm
I'm trying to avoid buying an optipac actually, so I hope he meant oscar's interface

Oh, in that case oscar's interface is just a mouse hack. If Mike has both hooked to it then you can't use them at the same time. The trackball just make a decent second playter spinner if that is ever needed (hmmm, warlords).
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: Hoagie_one on July 07, 2003, 02:35:13 pm: Thats fine. Dont expect too play many two player spinner\trackball games. thats mainly for one player stuff. I got the two stick and buttons for most 2 player games
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: jakejake28 on July 07, 2003, 02:39:02 pm: sort of off topic, but not that much. at ultimarc's site, they say that the trackball they offer is fitted to work with te optipac. can this work with oscars usb mouse interface, or must i buy a tb from wicothesource? and if i want the interface with 2 buttons, i only need 1 (interface) , right? asking b/c it says spineer interface and a trackball has double the axis of a spinner.
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: SirPoonga on July 07, 2003, 10:48:17 pm: you should be able to get almost any tball working with either interface.
Title: Re:anyone ever wire the $25 wico Trackball to an Oscar USB interface?
Post by: OSCAR on July 07, 2003, 10:52:58 pm: Quote from: jakejake28 on July 07, 2003, 02:39:02 pm
...and if i want the interface with 2 buttons, i only need 1 (interface) , right? asking b/c it says spineer interface and a trackball has double the axis of a spinner.

Only one interface is required for a trackball. Both the x- and y-axes are able to be used on the USB mouse interface since a pin header for each axis is present.