Posted by enemyace on January 12, 2002 at 19:59:42:
In Reply to: Name this spinner I just got please posted by CthulhuLuke on January 12, 2002 at 17:10:15:
Check out this guy's Cheep Spinnner, I believe he uses a usb mouse to interface it.
http://www.cheeptech.com
: Hey all,
: Well I just got a spinner from the arcade I get all my goods from, he said he found them in the back behind some empty cabinets, and said I could have one (there were 2), and it seems like it will work great, except I'm curious as to where they originated from. He had no clue, and so I now ask you all of the message board. Since I don't have a digital camera, you'll have to go by ear. Well the knob was a tiny bit smaller than an arkanoid spinner, and it was gold. The top was smooth, and the color of it is a gold color (very nice looking.) The sides had ridges on them, not too big, but enough to grip onto.
: One more question, since I don't have the money to buy an opti-pac (well, at least right now), is there a way I can take the wires coming out of the spinner and wire them up to the X-axis on a mouse? Has anyone seen this done? I was also thinking about buying a cheap mouse and replacing the pcb board of the spinner with a homemade radioshack cut out circuit board that has the X-axis light sensors on it, making sure the optical wheel in the mouse is about the same as the one in the spinner. I was also thinking about buying a mouse, and cutting the x-axis optical spinner so that it replaced the old optical wheel, then used the light sensors on a homemade circuit board? What are some peoples opinions here?
: Thanks all,
: CthulhuLuke