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.