I managed to get my #Spaceball 4000FLX controlling the ship in Elite:Dangerous, running in WINE.
The hoops, there were several. But once jumped through, I was able to fully control the ship. A six-axis controller makes it almost easy to fly around and land perfectly.
The spaceball was similar to this one.
Anyway, now I'm thinking I'd like to try a SpaceMouse. Fusion360 and KiCad on a Mac.
Edit: PrusaSlicer too.
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Circa 1992, I had a Spaceball on my desk. I wasn't "using" it; I was developing the driver for a better-forgotton 3D app. I think it was connected to an SGI Personal Iris. This was long before USB; it probably used a serial port. I don't remember.
I found it really hard to control. That's partly because I was using it with very unresponsive software, 2 to 5 frames/second most of the time.
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¿Alguién llego a usar el SpaceBall de 1991? Este dispositivo que amenazó con destronar el reino del mouse, era más ergonómico, y que después derivo en productos similares dejó de aparecer a la venta. El que yo conocí pero nunca usé fue uno de HP.
Si tu lo tuviste, cuéntame tu experiencia!
#retrocomputingmx #spaceball
Over the holidays, my sister gave me her old Weltron model 2002, sometimes called the "spaceball." What an iconic design! She was given the radio as a gift in the early 70s.
I just added it to a bit of new shelfspace in the Byte Cellar. It still works great!
And, as you can see, I enjoyed its sweet tunes from a rather early age (photo from ~1975)...
#Weltron #seventies #radio #spaceball #vintage #nostalgia #retro #vintageelectronics #hifi #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #tech #vintagetech
@trevorflowers Reminds me of the early #SpaceBall input device: https://rcsri.org/collection/spaceball/spaceball.jpg
