Posted by Tom61 on 9, 2001 at 6:08 PM:
In Reply to: Re: Spinner with old Microsoft Mouse? posted by Andrew Beley on 9, 2001 at 3:09 PM:
Good to know I guess, they do look quite alot like POTs if you don't take them apart though. Also, some spinner arcade games (i.e. some versions of Omega Race) have POTs that spin 360 degrees.
: They arnt pots, they work just like any normal mouse execpt insted of using and led/detector there is a weel that spinds around with samll contacts on it
: : It exists, the POTS inside it don't have anything to stop them from spinning 360 degrees. I can't find the link for the howto.
: : : I cannot imagine a mouse that uses POTS since a POT has a finite range. In other words, it is like a volume knob that has a start and stopping position and you cannot turn it around and around. An encoder is what mice use and allow it to know which way, and how fast the user moved it.
: : : There are some links in the spinner sectino about how to hack a mouse. Pretty much any mouse will work.
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: : : : I remember seeing a page describing how someone built a spinner out of an old Microsoft mouse. This was a really old mouse that used what looked like a POT for each axis. I happen to have a couple of these old mice and would like to try this technique, but it would help to see how other people have done it.
: : : : Anyone know where to find instructions like that?
: : : : Thanks