chris@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Chris Wood) (03/22/90)
Help! I just bought an Atari trak-ball to attach to my Amiga 1000. I have all of the "known" trak-ball hacks that have been published on the net, I think. Unfortunately, this trak-ball doesn't match the ones published previously. I have a CX80 Atari Trak-Ball. It has a big 2" ball in the middle of a box about 8" by 5". I opened it up by removing the four screws hidden under the rubber feet on the bottom. Inside is a 7-wire cable connector with slide-on terminals. The colors are, from left to right: yellow, orange, red, brown, violet, blue, and gray. The circuit board has "PICO 5", "A2010", "REV A P-2" written on it. There are four chips soldered to the board: 14-pin HCF40106BE, 16-pin HCF 4098BE, 16-pin HCF 4019BE (98301y), and 14-pin HCF 4013BE (88324Y). 16-pin means 8 per side. (Tells you how much I know about electronics). I do know how to solder and cut traces. Can anyone out there tell me how to make this thing into a mouse. It has a switch for Mouse and Joystick modes, and it works fine in joystick mode. BTW, I bought it for $6.00 at a discount toy store in a big Outlet Mall in New Braunfels, TX. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris@austin.lockheed.com Austin, Texas