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Atari Trak-Ball for PC/MAME?
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Gunstar Hero:
Hey, I have an Atari CX-80 Trak-Ball controller. Any idea if it can be used with a PC or MAME? Preferably without hacking it, although I'm open to suggestions either way!
I know just plugging it into the gameport is a no go. :-\
NoOne=NBA=:
It is possible to connect them, but you HAVE to hack them to do it.
If you do a search for Atari 2600 trackball, it should come up with the how-to on it.
Someone here used a Wico Command Control trackball (which is the same as the Atari one, except for the case), and got the mouse hack and everything inside the factory case.
Bgnome:
the only atari interfaces i know of are for digital joysticks. i got a wico command control trackball off of ebay for cheap and hacked a usb optical mouse into it:
edit: found a pinout for an atari mouse: http://www.blackdown.org/hwb/connector/userinput/atarimousejoy.html
not quite sure i understand what is going on, but it looks like maybe you can hack a mouse inline, assuming you have a matching plug for the atari interface, without having to touch the trackball electronics..
Tiger-Heli:
Does this help?
(About 2/3rds down the page)
http://www.cheeptech.com/cuhack.html
Gunstar Hero:
Awesome. Thanks for all the ideas!
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