Converting a ball mouse into a tempest spinner

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Has anyone done this?

With the recent interest in Zektor ZVG's there will almost certainly be a shortage of tempest spinners

I have seen a few sites talking about converting an old ball mouse into a spinner.

I guess you could choose USB or PS/2 depending on the setup of the MAME machine it is going in

Anyway, I am going to have a try at doing this

Anyone got any experience / links / info they would like to share

Hit me with it!

Cheers
 
well, i'd use an older roller ball style mouse rather than an optical, and take the wheel and optical sensor for the x axis, and attach it somehow.
 
I have made spinners for mame from both optical and ball mice. Is it mice or meeces? :)
I really dont think there is a shortage of tempest spinners. I just bought one this week for a very reasonable price.
 
orginial spinner from tempest will work with mame or have to use USB/PS2 ?

anybody know where I can just buy if it require to work ZVG Mame! thanks
 
Thanks for the replies guys.

I have found an arcade spinner locally, so may ask a few questions once I have it if that's OK.

I am also not sure how to interface these to MAME, but will ask when ready

Cheers
 
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