> > To: <mooregi@home.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:58 PM
> > Subject: New control panel available for full-size ArcadePC
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I just read your site update on the new HotRod controllers for the 
> > > ArcadePC, and I wanted to say that I just bought a new ArcadePC 
> > > full-size cabinet. Now for the part you'll be interested 
> > in: I've had 
> > > one of the new trackball control panels you talk about come 
> > > pre-installed with the unit! (the one you call Model One.)
> > >
> > > Basically it is a HotRod SE controller (eg 7 buttons for 
> > each player, 
> > > two Happ joysticks, etc) but with the addition of an arcade-grade 
> > > trackball and three _additionnal_ buttons next to it. I 
> > have a picture 
> > > of the entire cabinet here, but it's a high-res scan from 
> > Hanaho and 
> > > I'm not sure if I'm allowed to distribute it. I don't have 
> > a digital 
> > > camera handy so I can't take a picture of my own unit yet =)
> > >
> > > The trackball uses a standard PS2 mouse connector, with two of the 
> > > three additionnal buttons providing access to the left and 
> > right mouse 
> > > buttons. I was expecting the third panel button to be mapped to the 
> > > middle mouse button, but unfortunately it is just a duplicate of 
> > > player 2's button 1. It is a big model that seems pretty 
> > heavy (so it 
> > > rolls nicely), just perfect for Marble Madness, Centipede 
> > and Crystal 
> > > Castles!
> > >
> > > Anyway, the unit is a _blast_ to play, the trackball was a great 
> > > addition to what was an already wonderful product. It would 
> > have been 
> > > perfect with a spinner, though =) To be fair, Hanaho _did_ offer to 
> > > pre-install a third-party spinner on the control panel if I shipped 
> > > one to them, though they would have left the wiring issues 
> > to me (eg 
> > > dealing with two mice on one PC).
> > >
> > > In conclusion, thanks a lot for putting up your ArcadePC review 
> > > online, you are one of the key people that convinced me to 
> > buy one of 
> > > these monsters, and I don't regret it =)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Benoit Miller
> > >
> > > "Duct tape is like the Force.  It has a Light side and a 
> > Dark side,  
> > > and it holds the universe together."
> > >   --Carl Zwanzig