Posted by Bill Connolly on 17, 2001 at 8:37 AM:
In Reply to: Re: How to illuminate a translucent trackball? posted by Jorgen Pehrson on 17, 2001 at 4:18 AM:
: : There is a thread on this a few posts back.
: : http://www.arcadecontrols.com/wwwboard/messages/23977.html
: Well, it just gives the part numbers (which I already knew) and explains how to connect it to the PC power supply (which I also already knew).
: What I wanted to know was where/how the light fixture actually should be mounted physically on the trackball since there are no obvious mounting holes on the housing.
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: /Jörgen
I bought the light housing from HAPPs but you could probably get one at an autopart store too. There is a little hole on the bottom of the trackball base where you can see through to the trackball the rest of the base is solid black. So I positioned my light right below the hole. Moving the housing around I notices that is lined up with a slot in the bottom of the housing. It wasn't actually a screw hole but I just took a short fat screw and mounted the housing there. I don't have a picture, although I think if you look at the exploded details on happs you can see a sample of the light housing. here is a text rendition.
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screw goes throuh the bottom (above word screw)