Posted by Darren Harris on 29, 2000 at 7:52 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Perfect interfacing(Trackballs & Spinners) posted by EmuMannen on 29, 2000 at 6:27 PM:
:"That what I tried to tell you in my previous posting. I feel like I am really in the "neighborhood" with my SUZO Mini + Opti-PAC + Old MS Mouse driver..."
Even an elite competitive gamer cannot tell by just feel alone, whether his home-made CP's responsiveness falls into the original's "window". And a competition is not a good time to find that out. As for your set-up, the SUZO mini makes everything else not an option(for me anyway).
:"I would send Andy Warne a mail and ask him if it is possible to hook the PCB to his Opti-PAC Plus. It looks like you can hook almost any kind of optical circuit to that board so why not the original Atari Millipede trackball PCB? Check the link below for a reference to his homepage..."
I'll try, but unless he happens to know the pin-outs for Millipede, I guess I'm still stuck. Besides, with all these mice I have lying around, I'll try to postphone spending the $47.00 for an OPTI-PAC Plus, and try to learn as I go.(I'm an amateur inventor). :-)
From what you said, I may be able to have enough flexibility between MAME and my mouse drivers(whatever they will be). I'll have to cross my fingers on that point. :-)
Outside of that, it seems easier for me to tackle this problem by just coming up with a way to manufacture a variety of different "vanes"(There are 24 "holes" in both of Millipedes'), and develop a way to attach and unattach them. Then use, and experiment with different mouse hardware/software the rest of the way.(What do you think of that idea?). :-)
Thanks again.
Darren Harris
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