Tempest spinner - use Missile command trackball for testing?

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In the absence of a Tempest spinner, is it okay to use a small Missile
Command (or Centipede) trackball just to check if the inputs are okay
on a Tempest boardset? Obviously the trackball won't work the same as
the spinner but I guess it should be good enough to check out the
inputs?

So I'm guessing that the connections would equate to (Missile command
on the left, Tempest on the right):


Missile Command Tempest

Vert. Tball Dir DIR1
Vert. Tball Clock CLK1
Horiz. Tball Clock CLK2
Horiz. Tball Dir DIR2


Correct?

 

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max-man <max-man@hotmail.com> wrote:
: In the absence of a Tempest spinner, is it okay to use a small Missile
: Command (or Centipede) trackball just to check if the inputs are okay
: on a Tempest boardset? Obviously the trackball won't work the same as
: the spinner but I guess it should be good enough to check out the
: inputs?

Yep...

I've played tempest with a trackball, using my tempest -> quantum control
panel... it'a VERY HARD.

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On 28 Jul 2005 20:06:21 GMT, "Mark C. Spaeth"
<mspaeth@plancherel.mit.edu> wrote:


>Yep...
>
>I've played tempest with a trackball, using my tempest -> quantum control
>panel... it'a VERY HARD.

I'm not surprised.

Cheers for the confirmation.