Re: Mostly right...


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Posted by x-wing on 23, 2001 at 10:11 PM:

In Reply to: Re: The Pros and Cons of USB posted by Just Michael on 23, 2001 at 9:53 PM:

: : I'm getting ready to purchase my spinner and trackball, and I'm trying to decide on my interfaces. The Oscar Spinner is available in USB.. So is using USB a good idea?

: Depends upon what you wish to use it with. For windows, good. For DOS, bad.

: :Will it be supported in DOS versions of MAME?

: No.

Sorry for the repost, but actually USB mice do work with DOS MAME when run under Windows. Okay, so I'm just nitpicking now, but I want the original poster to realize that USB support doesn't vary depending on which version of MAME you run, but which environment.

Regarding the trackball/spinner thing.... an opti-pac will support a trackball (happs or otherwise) as well as the spinner (oscar has an opti-pac compatible one), and you only have to worry about using a single serial port which is usable under DOS & Windows.


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