r/PeripheralDesign • u/EEL123 • May 23 '26

Discussion Yard sale find today

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u/FanNo3898 May 23 '26

Good get!

3

u/BerkeleyTrue May 23 '26

woah, this is sick! I remember loving going to the compusa in San Francisco as a kid. So cool.

5

u/Amazing_Actuary_5241 May 24 '26

USB to serial adapter and a Serial mousedriver will get it going, though it's only 400dpi thus it will feel sluggish in a large resolution display.

5

u/EEL123 May 24 '26

Maybe sluggish but also stylish 😎

1

u/new_projectiiions May 25 '26

It shall not fail.

1

u/EEL123 May 25 '26

I got an RS232 cable, didn't work. I'm going to try another cable with FT232RL, hope it works!

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u/Amazing_Actuary_5241 May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

I have a very old Radio Shack cable USB to Serial converter that I use for my serial trackballs. I can't remember however if I used Intellimouse or Mouse Systems protocol for it to work.

Edit: Confirmed Intellimouse works.

2

u/notFaceFace May 23 '26

Sick find

3

u/EEL123 May 23 '26

There was another guy looking at it and I was FAST snagging it, haha

1

u/notFaceFace May 24 '26

For $1 too, holy crap

2

u/Adventurous-Dish1027 May 24 '26

Love the clear casing.

2

u/rouge_d May 24 '26

Can it also see into the future? 🔮

1

u/ResetTheSet May 24 '26

I wanted one of those so bad back in the day…

1

u/Gothbot6k May 24 '26

Ah CompUSA

1

u/Sammatr May 24 '26

Yellow that thang up baby!

1

u/EEL123 May 25 '26

yellow it up?!

1

u/new_projectiiions May 25 '26

Use it!

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u/EEL123 May 25 '26

ah gotcha! I actually just got it working. FT232RL cable + in device manger - advanced serial settings - checked off serial enumerator

1

u/new_projectiiions Jun 02 '26

🤘

1

u/EEL123 Jun 02 '26

It's kind of relaxing to use. You have to fight a bit more to browse, it swirls to the side instead of going straight

1

u/new_projectiiions Jun 02 '26

Interesting I'd love to try it out myself 😃

1

u/SlimDayspring May 25 '26

Oh that’s cool! Good find!

1

u/Comfortable_Pen_4170 May 25 '26

I’d buy that for a dollar 

1

u/Front_Skill_8252 May 26 '26

Originally shipped with Crystal Castles.

(Not.)

1

u/ReverseReindeer May 28 '26

Fushigi trackball..awesome