Two trackballs AND a spinner? + general trackb question

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Is it possible to go with two trackballs and a spinner? I have an
Optipac but believe it's only cable of doing a trackball and a spinner
or maybe two of one or the other. Would I have to get anothe Optipac?
Can you even do that?

I'm planning on going with an Ipac4 and an Optipac as I just gutted my
old MAME cab and am just gonna go with a 4-player control panel.

Is it stupid to even have a two trackball setup? I'm thinking Marble
Madness is the only game that would utilize them both.

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Thanks, Don. QUESTION: Does the position of the trackball -- being
behind (or above) the player 1 & 2 sticks -- lead to any problems?
I've seen a lot of panels that utilize that sort of design and it
seems like it could be a little uncomfortable to have to reach or go
between or above some sticks. Is it?

Ditto a spinner.

Thanks,
Matt

On 13 Jul 2005 13:56:57 -0700, "Don NJ" <piiifast@optonline.net>
wrote:

>I believe you can do 2 trackballs and one spinner but you'll need to
>cables comming from the Optipac and I think you have to connect via
>USB. I set my cab up with the Ipac4. From left to right:
>player 3 - Joystick, 3 buttons
>player 1 - joystick, 6 buttons
>center of control above player 1 & 2 - 3" happ trackball w/ 2 buttons
>above for mouse
>player 2 - joystick, 6 buttons
>player 4 - joystick, 3 buttons
>
>Player start buttons are above each players controls at the top of the
>control panel. I eventually want to add a spinner above player 2 and
>change player 1's joystick with one that has a fire button on top for
>games like tron and battlezone.
>
>Don
>NJ

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Michael S Cox wrote:
> buck16 wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to go with two trackballs and a spinner? I have an
>> Optipac but believe it's only cable of doing a trackball and a spinner
>> or maybe two of one or the other. Would I have to get anothe Optipac?
>> Can you even do that?
>>
>> I'm planning on going with an Ipac4 and an Optipac as I just gutted my
>> old MAME cab and am just gonna go with a 4-player control panel.
>>
>> Is it stupid to even have a two trackball setup? I'm thinking Marble
>> Madness is the only game that would utilize them both.
>>
>>
> You can actually connect 2 trackballs AND 4 spinners with the standard
> opti-pac but ... there is a catch. You cannot actually use all of them
> simultaneously!. In other words, you can connect upto 8 axis but only be
> using 4 of them at any given time. The opti-pac automatically detects
> which interface is in use and activates that one as input. To change,
> simply don't move any of the tracksballs or spinners, wait a moment and
> then move the one you want to use.
>
> Simple. More information is on the Ultimarc website.
>
> Marble Madness, Rampart and Arcade Classics (Super Centipede and Missile
> Command II) are all dual trackball games.
>
> A dual-trackball, 4-player panel is going to be quite large!

......or he could just use a rotating panel (http://www.1uparcade.com /
http://rebirth.dgthompson.com/cp.html / http://arcade.tomvanhorn.com /
http://unclet.arcadecontrols.com/M [...] Main.html) for the
two centre controllers.....

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