dreamcast mouse: flipdown = trackball

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True Crime!
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dreamcast mouse: flipdown = trackball

Post by True Crime! »

hi,

some of you know, i'm now on a project, where i want to mod my dreamcast to a "notebook". because of that i need mouse likely device.

before i just buy a dreamcast mouse i have a question:

can i flip down the dreamcast mouse, so i have a trackball mouse? if yes: do i have to mod the mouse? and how?

thank you all very much again!!!
sorry for my bad engrish
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Re: dreamcast mouse: flipdown = trackball

Post by bacteria »

If you move the mouse ball left to move left, you notice the underside also moves to the left. That therefore means the co-ordination is the same, you just need to make the housing smooth for the mouse ball to work in. It's what I am doing in my project.
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