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rbarr110:
My original intention was to get an opti-pac with a ultimarc trackball and an oscar spinner.  I ordered and received the opti-pac and trackball but later found oscar is now MIA.

I have been waiting for oscar to come back, but am almost done with the cabinet and still need a spinner.  I think I am going to get a SlikStik tornado but was wondering how having 2 devices seen as a "USB mouse" in windows would work.

Would I have to specifically select one or the other in windows as the default mouse?  For example, I want to play tempest so I have to switch to the spinner as the default in windows before launching mame?  Then later I decide I want to play marble madness and have to exit to switch to the trackball as the default and re-launce mame?

I know you can have 2 devices connected at the same time, but am wondering if the input from one of the will not respond if it is not default.

Anyone have any experience with this?

the3eyedblindman:
I am almost positive windows will automatically switch it to the one you are using at the time...for example, an act labs lightgun is seen as a mouse in windows xp, if Im playing a gun game in mame with the gun, i can just set the gun down and use the mouse without changing anything, and keep going back and forth, Im almost positive, tell me if Im wrong someone. :-\

jcrouse:
Windows will have no problem with multiple devices acting as a mouse.

John

crashwg:

--- Quote from: jcrouse on August 27, 2005, 08:00:31 pm ---Windows will have no problem with multiple devices acting as a mouse.

John

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But...  If someone decides to give your spiner a whirl while you're using the trackball it'll controll your game which would most likely end up in death of some sort.

The optipac/minipac on the other hand has a built in automatic swithching function that will disable the device not in use until you stop using the one you are using for a shot amount of time.

Sinner:

--- Quote from: crashwg on August 28, 2005, 08:48:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: jcrouse on August 27, 2005, 08:00:31 pm ---Windows will have no problem with multiple devices acting as a mouse.

John

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But...
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