12 Jul
2001
12 Jul
'01
8:14 p.m.
--- Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com> wrote:
Actually I was able to get to the HanaHo site with no
problems at all
after you posted the URL... I just wish they made a modular one that
had a spinning knob in it so I could play Tempest
*properly*. *laughs*
I've torn apart an ancient Microsoft Mouse (it's > 10 years and *on topic*),
mounted the guts upside-down on a block of wood with the X and Y shafts
coming out the top, and turned it into a spinner.
The advantage of the ancient mice is that the quadrature encoder is
mechanical, not optical, and a discrete component. Much easier to
mount than a toothed plastic wheel molded onto a plastic shaft.
Plays Tempest and Star Trek very well under MAME.
-ethan
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