Posted by Torgo on October 06, 1999 at 00:23:56:
In Reply to: Re: Wico trackball info needed posted by MAMEiac on October 05, 1999 at 22:43:47:
the power required is 5 volts. Does a PS2 or serial mouse supply that much juice? Perhaps a USB mouse would be a better hack, as I believe the USB port automatically sends the right amount of power to each device. Just theorizing here...
But really, one Serial or USB trackball interface from happ is only $49.95, and it'll leave you with a much more fexible situation than hardwiring to a mouse board (dual steering wheels, dual rotary joysticks, etc.)They're definately worth the cash. Hell, just the time you'd have to spend designing, hacking, and troubleshooting a mouse hack makes the $50 bucks seem more than worth it to me. Plus you have something that was designed to work exactly for that purpose, as opposed to trying to stick a sqare peg in a round hole. Just my opinions...take em or leave em.
Torgo go play now!