Betson Imperial track ball

[DaOld Man]

I have acquired a used betson trackball.
Which way is "up" (or towards the screen), for this ball?
It has 4 arrows stamped on the top, but neither is identified as up.
Are the wires that exit it supposed to be on the bottom?
I can hook it to my PS2 mouse hack to work in any direction, but I wonder if
there is a certain way it will work best?

[ErikRuud]

Mine has a built in PS/2 interface. The wires exit from the top left corner.

[Stingray]

I can hook it to my PS2 mouse hack to work in any direction, but I wonder if
there is a certain way it will work best?

I doubt it matters. I just mounted mine to the panel and switched wires on the mouse hack until it the orientation was correct. Seems to work fine.

-S

[fredster]

It matters, but you can overcome it with wiring.

Go to the betson imperial website  www.betson.com and they have info on the ball.  It has a diagram.

[DaOld Man]

"Mine has a built in PS/2 interface. The wires exit from the top left corner."

Thanks for your reply. Im thinking this is the way I will mount mine.

"Go to the betson imperial website  www.betson.com and they have info on the ball.  It has a diagram."

Thanks for your reply too, I cant find that info on the betson site..

Thanks for everyone's help. You would think they would mark one direction as being the best way to turn it..

[leapinlew]

I plugged mine into a computer and used it - and then marked up.