A Trackball Retro Laptop
While track pads and mice dominate the pointing device landscape today, there was a time when track balls were a major part of the scene. In order to really sell …read more Continue reading A Trackball Retro Laptop
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Roll Your Own Trackball Mouse
What do you do when you’re into trackball mice, but nothing out there is affordable or meets all your murine needs? You build one, of course. And if you’re like [Dangerously Explosive], who has a bunch of old optical mice squeaking around the shop, you can mix and match them to build the perfect one.
The mouse, which looks frozen mid-transformation into a rodential assassin, is a customized work of utilitarian art. Despite the excellent results, this project was not without its traps. [Dangerously] got really far into the build before discovering the USB interface chip was dead. Then he …read more