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From: knutsen@aramis.rutgers.edu (Mark Knutsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Needed:  Trackball converting instructions
Message-ID: <1881@aramis.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 12:18:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: aramis.1881
Posted: Wed Oct 14 12:18:23 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 16-Oct-87 01:15:34 EDT
References: <238@ur-tut.UUCP>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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Keywords: 8-bit trackball ---> ST trackball

In article <238@ur-tut.UUCP> mcli@ur-tut.UUCP (Maurice Ling) writes:

> I am interested in getting instructions to convert an atari 8-bit trackball
> to act like a mouse on the ST.
  
This is probably a hopeless cause, because the 8-bit trackball
emulates a joystick, not a mouse.  That is, it only gives information
on absolute direction, not speed of movement.

It's still GREAT for games, though.
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