Posted by Brian on 14, 2000 at 1:09 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Connecting a Happ Trackball AND Spinner to the same KE72-T... posted by c0nsumer on 13, 2000 at 2:48 PM:
I do just that. I have a toggel switch on my trackball/dual spinner pannel where I just turn the trackball on when I want to play missle command or centipede etc.. or turn the spinner on when I want to play Tempest or other spinner games. It works great and was easy to do too. Both my spinner and trackball are going to the serial port.
Game on!! Brian
: : You can not have 2 devices sending data on the same channel at the same time...meaning you couldn't use a trackball and spinner at the same time.
: : Data sent from these devices is in binary format and expected in a specific pattern. If you had 2 'active' devices on the same channel you would get some weird results.
: : You could wire them all on the same harness, but you should have a switch to turn each device off seperately. Put the switch inline with the +5 wire.
: That doesn't sound like a bad idea at all. I'll just switch it... Maybe if I'm feeling adventerous enough I'll try switching with a relay controlled off the serial port or somthing...
: -Steve