can the scroll wheels on mice be used to hook up a second device on the same mouse port?

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Posted by NThero on 11, 2001 at 11:16 PM:

Hi,

Recently, I came across Yahoo's 4D mouse (from victory multimedia, i think) in a store. I personally prefer trackballs over mice but I thought the 4D mouse might be especially good for hacking. From looking the box, it seems to be a mouse with a tiny trackball that is used for scrolling both vertically AND horizontally. (correct me if I'm wrong)

I was wondering if there is a mouse hack out there that takes advantage of the scroll wheel and if it works in MAME. I'm curios if the 4d mouse would also work in MAME. If so, you would essentially be able to hook up a trackball and two spinners using only one mouse board and one mouse port.

Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks.

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Re: can the scroll wheels on mice be used to hook up a second device on the same mouse port? Fultra 1/13/2001 (1)
- Scroll weel is really not an optical axis (more) EmuMannen 1/13/2001 (0)

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: Hi, : Recently, I came across Yahoo's 4D mouse (from victory multimedia, i think) in a store. I personally prefer trackballs over mice but I thought the 4D mouse might be especially good for hacking. From looking the box, it seems to be a mouse with a tiny trackball that is used for scrolling both vertically AND horizontally. (correct me if I'm wrong) : I was wondering if there is a mouse hack out there that takes advantage of the scroll wheel and if it works in MAME. I'm curios if the 4d mouse would also work in MAME. If so, you would essentially be able to hook up a trackball and two spinners using only one mouse board and one mouse port. : Any info would be appreciated. : Thanks.

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