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TPB:

The new SpinTrak, apparently, is the World's Only USB 2.0 spinner, which helps avoid backspin :


--- Quote from: SpinTrak webpage (new version) ---
this is the worlds only USB 2.0 spinner.  USB 2.0 enables a 16-bit interface and a faster packet-rate than USB 1.1 Vital to avoid slowdown or backspin.


--- End quote ---

Good stuff.    :)

I presume this means the TT2 is based on older USB 1.0 or 1.1 technology.


Still, I wouldn't have full confidence in that claim, until Randy concedes that it's indeed the case.

That's because the SpinTrak is no stranger to dubious marketing claims.

For 18 months after the release of the TT2 (which has 1,200 transitions per revolution - the same as the "new" SpinTrak), the old SpinTrak (at a lower 1,000 transitions per revolution) persisted with this boast on the webpage :


--- Quote from: SpinTrak webpage (old, cached version) ---
The highest-resolution rotary control ever produced for arcade gaming use.

...

Resolution of 1000 transitions per revolution makes this the only control ever to match the Arkanoid Trackwheel ...


--- End quote ---

That boast can still be seen here (until Google refreshes its cache) :

http://209.85.173.104/search?hl=en&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ultimarc.com%2FSpinTrak.htm&meta=


Anyway, marketing-speak aside, it's great to have a serious new competitor to the TT2.

Perhaps we'll soon see a new TT3, that utilises the same USB 2.0 technology, to close the technological gap that the new SpinTrak has created.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: TPB on July 21, 2008, 02:24:04 am ---Perhaps we'll soon see a new TT3, that utilises the same USB 2.0 technology, to close the technological gap that the new SpinTrak has created.

--- End quote ---

Your mouse is a standard 1.1 HID device.  Had any trouble with that? 

The TT2 has never had a performance problem, so there is no "gap".  It never misses a beat, even on a lowly 98SE system. 

Take the marketing claims lightly when it comes to these types of devices.

And BTW, a 2.0 mouse interface is not a new spinner design.

RandyT

TPB:

Based on this insight from Andy, I had thought the new SpinTrak might turn out to be an Enhanced and Re-badged TT2.

Andy talks of a new agreement with a "manufacturer with an off-the-shelf product".  Possibly the manufacturer could have been GGG ? :


--- Quote from: AndyWarne on July 06, 2008, 06:56:02 am ---
The SpinTrak is discontinued in its present form. We found it was too expensive to produce.

We found a manufacturer with an off-the-shelf product which was almost perfect so it will be replaced by this, with our own interface which will be 16-bit  USB 2.0, which is necessary for the high resolution to avoid backspin or slowdown.


--- End quote ---

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=69935.msg855000#msg855000


However, from Randy's comments, we can conclude otherwise.

We can safely say that GGG is definitely NOT the manufacturer of the new SpinTrak :


--- Quote from: RandyT on July 21, 2008, 12:53:02 am ---
It's unfortunate, however, that the "adoption" of yet another one of my concepts is necessary for him to "compete".  Apologies for the snark, but this is just about as sleazy as it gets.


--- End quote ---

patrickl:

--- Quote from: TPB on July 21, 2008, 02:24:04 am ---For 18 months after the release of the TT2 (which has 1,200 transitions per revolution - the same as the "new" SpinTrak), the old SpinTrak (at a lower 1,000 transitions per revolution) persisted with this boast on the webpage :

--- Quote from: SpinTrak webpage (old, cached version) ---
The highest-resolution rotary control ever produced for arcade gaming use.

...

Resolution of 1000 transitions per revolution makes this the only control ever to match the Arkanoid Trackwheel ...


--- End quote ---



--- End quote ---
The original SpinTrak came out before the TT2 and at that time it had the highest resolution.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: patrickl on July 21, 2008, 03:03:43 am ---
--- Quote from: TPB on July 21, 2008, 02:24:04 am ---For 18 months after the release of the TT2 (which has 1,200 transitions per revolution - the same as the "new" SpinTrak), the old SpinTrak (at a lower 1,000 transitions per revolution) persisted with this boast on the webpage :

--- Quote from: SpinTrak webpage (old, cached version) ---
The highest-resolution rotary control ever produced for arcade gaming use.

...

Resolution of 1000 transitions per revolution makes this the only control ever to match the Arkanoid Trackwheel ...


--- End quote ---



--- End quote ---
The original SpinTrak came out before the TT2 and at that time it had the highest resolution.

--- End quote ---

And well before that, the original TurboTwist had the highest resolution, and it also played Arkanoid perfectly.

RandyT

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