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leapinlew:

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--- Quote from: whammoed on February 28, 2007, 07:34:41 pm ---(I have no idea if this device works well as a spinner, sorry)
Anyway, hope this helps someone else with a similar application in mind.

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The resolution isn't high enough for Arkanoid or for Revenge of Doh though. Only the TurboTwist2 manages that.

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Why wouldn't the Spintrac be able to play those? The difference between 1000 and 1200 is not that huge.

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Not sure, almost 20% though... that can make a difference.

All I know is, try it with Arkanoid. Thats one picky game.

Crowquill:
I remember looking into those a while back. I was reading all of the mac info, but I was sure that I read it just sends multiple keystrokes as you turn the knob. I was thinking at the time that with the push-down feature I might be able to simulate the controls of Forgotten Worlds with it.

Thanks for the pic.

BTW, in the category of unusual PC peripherals, I saw this at the Apple store the other day:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistns/US/EN,crid=2764,categoryid=554

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: Crowquill on March 01, 2007, 07:06:41 am ---I remember looking into those a while back. I was reading all of the mac info, but I was sure that I read it just sends multiple keystrokes as you turn the knob. I was thinking at the time that with the push-down feature I might be able to simulate the controls of Forgotten Worlds with it.

Thanks for the pic.

BTW, in the category of unusual PC peripherals, I saw this at the Apple store the other day:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlistns/US/EN,crid=2764,categoryid=554

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Maximum PC had a review of it in there last issue.  Could be useful in some applications.

Teebor:
I picked one of these up not so long ago.  I found it worked ok'ish on Arkanoid but not ideal.  Still was playable though.

they seemed pretty strongly built but I didn't have the idea of tearing it apart completely, I just needed to remove the foam ring so it span better, only problem is mine didn't have the plastic part that attached to the spindle glued properly, so I had to clean it and re-glue it.....  And I screwed up, its not quite level, its off a tiny bit :(  musta missed some of the old glue or something  :hissy:

Angry_Radish:
I saw the same results using it as a spinner, however it works great as a volume/mute controller on my Jukebox  ;D

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