[Coco] Wico Command Control Trackball on eBay

[Corey Bryant]

Bought one of these off of EBay last week.  I like it, but it's HUGE.  I have big hands but the button is a little too far from the ball to press it without completely removing your hand from the ball and going at an angle.   Works fine though.  Worth $70?  I doubt it.  

> On Oct 12, 2015, at 4:17 PM, Stephen Pereira <spereira1952 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> One of these - yes, supposedly the last one - is available on eBay for an outrageous price:
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/231715940500?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT <http://www.ebay.com/itm/231715940500?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT>
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> So, here I am, knowing that when the good folks who are bringing out the CoCo3FPGA get around to producing the analog board to go with it, I will then be able to attach a CoCo joystick (have one), or CoCo mouse (don’t have one), or CoCo trackball like the one I pointed to.
> 
> Clearly, a joystick may be the most useful in some games, but for other work, a mouse or a trackball would be the better choice.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with this trackball?  Does it work well?  Is it worth $70?
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> What alternatives are there out there?  Can one acquire a trackball for some other computer system for a significantly lower price, and then simply change the connector to go into a CoCo?
> 
> Thanks in advance, for your thoughts and ideas.
> 
> smp
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> Stephen M. Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE
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