Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:23001 comp.sys.mac:20528 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre!pitt!cisunx!ejkst From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Using a mac trackball on an amiga. Keywords: trackball Atari Message-ID: <12619@cisunx.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 03:59:33 GMT References: <8423@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <3079@hermes.ai.mit.edu> <418@trwind.UUCP> <140@dms3b1.UUCP> Reply-To: ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) Distribution: na Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys Lines: 19 In article <140@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes: >And in case anyone is interested, there was an article in Amazing Computing >(the last issue, I believe) describing conversion of an Atari trackball >available at KayBee Hobbies for $15-20. > >Looked good to me. Think I might get one. I got one of these. (About $9.00) It only took about a half hour to hack together, and it works fine. The thing is huge, though. And the buttons are way too far apart for one handed operation. Is the Wyco trackball any smaller? Something that won't take over half the space the keyboard takes? Something compact enough for one-handed operation? In the meantime, the Atari (Ugh, I can't believe I've adulterated my Amiga this way...) trackball is great for arcade games, which is, after all, what it was designed for. -- ------------ Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP