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Finger + plus thumb control wired trackball?
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Finger + plus thumb control wired trackball?
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Thu, 01 November 2012, 20:16:24 »
Does anyone make a decent wired trackball that can be used with both fingers and thumb control (ala Trackman Marble FX), but that also has a scrollwheel?
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Rumudiez
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Thu, 01 November 2012, 21:07:43 »
This sounds fancy. I want one.
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Mon, 05 November 2012, 09:35:55 »
I'm thinking about buying an arcade trackball and re-mounting it so that the sides and top of the ball are finger accessible. The only part that may be a little difficult is a scroll wheel - but if I use the control board from a 2 button mouse with a scroll wheel, and just wire the opto-mechanical outputs from the trackball to to the mouse control board and re-mount the scroll wheel to my liking; may end up with something useable.
Although in the back of my mind I still think I should just buy a current trackball like the Slimblade and just live with it....
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Viz
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I think that someone on here has modded a scrollwheel onto the marble.
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Wed, 07 November 2012, 21:50:10 »
Well, just ordered a PS2 trackball, which is a poor mans version of an arcade trackball (HAPP or Betson/Imperial). It was only $15 bucks and the internal design seemed fairly conducive to be modified into what I'm wanting.
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