Posted by Nickster on 22, 2000 at 12:14 AM:
In Reply to: Re: Dumb trackball question! posted by BillyBoy on 21, 2000 at 7:30 PM:
OK. I like how you are mounting the trackball, but it is sideways. How will you deal with the issue of it tracking correctly? That would allow me to really free up some vital vertical space on my CP. Thanks.
: I think you can swap this in MAME itself using the TAB-AnALOG CONTROLS menu. and sett the revers option as required. I do this to make the games work properly with my spinner, ie swapping left and Right.
: Have you considered mounting the trackball without the plastic case? I did just this and it takes WAY less space. I found cutting out the shape of the circuit board while leaving 4 corner tabs in a 3/4" contertop allowed me to mount the circuit board with just 3 little washers as spacers between it and the panel bottom and the tracball sits at a perfect height.
: some rough initial pics at:
: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=944627
: : OK. This may be a dumb question, but I am at the point that I need to start routing my control panel, and I am using a Crystal Trackball (standard PC trackball)in my cabinet. Anyhow, it would fit better if I could turn it upside down. By that I mean up and down are switched around, as well as right and left. Can this be swapped around via a frontend or MAME itself? If not, I will have to deal with it in the regular position... Thanks.