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geekhack Marketplace => Great Finds => Topic started by: nubbinator on Sat, 06 June 2015, 00:58:45

Title: Apple Trackball and Numpad starting at $10 + shipping
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 06 June 2015, 00:58:45

Not sure if I should post this here, but it's not exactly common.  Looks like T-Alps and a fun little toy if you know how to reverse engineer it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-Macintosh-Trackball-and-Numeric-Keyboard-/321775164812?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aeb4b5d8c

Title: Re: Apple Trackball and Numpad starting at $10 + shipping
Post by: dorkvader on Sat, 06 June 2015, 23:43:29

Made by assimialtion technologies, introduced in macword december 1984. ball is same as a pool ball, CST, etc. Assimilation was absorbed by mac accessory maker Kensignton later in the 1980's.


Vintage linear Futaba. I think its' complicated not simplified.

Trackball is serial, keypad is that modular connector, and I believe it's also a passthrough so you can attach a m0110 or other KB as well.

I have one but lost my pictures, will re-shoot if people are *that* worried about it.

Title: Re: Apple Trackball and Numpad starting at $10 + shipping
Post by: nubbinator on Sat, 06 June 2015, 23:45:40

Thanks for all that information.  Less interested since it's not t-Alps, but still a cool toy.