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[planetjay]

I've posted pictures of the very hackable Wico Trackball for the Atari 2600. Why did I post here?   It's my next arcade control.

After I finish my "Mini-ITX Satellite Receiver into DVR Hack", I'm going to hack in a USB mouse pcb and use it for WinMAME. It would be good to bolt to the side of a cabinet too. In case you don't have any more space on your control panel. It would/will be nice on top of a cocktail later too.  

And lastly it'll be a good addition to the Wico Red Ball Joystick for the Atari 2600 to USB project that I finished recently. (pictures soon)

Go to planetjay.com and click on Gallery.

[RandyT]

Those poor 2600 controllers....And so few left of their kind....*sniff*  

RandyT

[jerryjanis]

Wow, it looks just like an arcade Wico, except that the arcade version doesn't have the button or the extra circuitry.

To hack it do will you use the wires directly from the wires coming out of the optics and skip the circuitboard?

[planetjay]

Wow, it looks just like an arcade Wico, except that the arcade version doesn't have the button or the extra circuitry.

To hack it do will you use the wires directly from the wires coming out of the optics and skip the circuitboard?

Yes. Standard mouse hack. And it IS an Arcade Wico Trackball. Only the plastic seems different. I figure they'll be a cheap source of parts, as well as hackable in their own right.

[grafixmonkey]

Those poor 2600 controllers....And so few left of their kind....*sniff*  

RandyT

I'm so glad I still have my full compliment of 2600 controllers.    Including the joysticks, paddles, two trackballs, and a couple of those little pad things with like 12 buttons on them, that I have no idea how to use on their games cuz the plastic inserts are gone.

Can you get plugs to match the old Atari plugs?  because if you can you could easily just plug the old controls in to your panel and not have to destroy them.

[Howard_Casto]

The atari uses a standard serial port connector.  db9 i believe.  Have fun!

[MinerAl]

Can you get plugs to match the old Atari plugs?  because if you can you could easily just plug the old controls in to your panel and not have to destroy them.

You can indeed, with the joystick anyway.  It might be interesting to try an atari trackball through an iPAC set up for the atari joystick...

[Mamezilla]

This is nice.  What ball size are these ?  2

[planetjay]

Those poor 2600 controllers....And so few left of their kind....*sniff*  

RandyT

I'm so glad I still have my full compliment of 2600 controllers.    Including the joysticks, paddles, two trackballs, and a couple of those little pad things with like 12 buttons on them, that I have no idea how to use on their games cuz the plastic inserts are gone.

Can you get plugs to match the old Atari plugs?  because if you can you could easily just plug the old controls in to your panel and not have to destroy them.

Who said anything about destroying them? Any mod done right can be reversed.

[planetjay]

This is nice.  What ball size are these ?  2