Posted by The Man on 20, 2000 at 3:45 PM:
In Reply to: Imperial Trackballs...read on... posted by dhansen on 20, 2000 at 2:12 AM:
: Sorry I haven't gotten anything posted on my trackball, I had a family emergency. Anyway, I will say this... AWESOME!! When I first unpacked it I was a little disappointed on the spin I was getting so naturally I took it apart :). Unfortunately I had it upside down when I popped opened up the case and the parts flew in every direction. Luckily for me it isn't that complicated a piece of machinery and I managed to get it back together again. Well they must have put it together wrong in the factory, because after I put it back together it was spinning like a champ, just like the arcade machines I remember!
: I need to build a new control panel because the casing is so large, so it might be a while before I can get you more details. Preliminary tests show that it works great and has that nice heavy arcade feel. The color of the ball was a pukey orange/red which concerned me but as soon as a light is shown through it the color turned to a brilliant red. All this from a PS/2 unit that you can simply plug in a go! I'll get the casing dimensions up as soon as Santa brings me a digital camera or my buddy let's me borrow his....
I hope everything is OK... I don't like those emergencies.
Well when you get the time, please let me know how it works with a serial port converter!
Thanks again and I hope you don't have anymore emergencies.
Game On!
TM