joeybastard Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Last night my beloved 5200 trackball stopped registering right/left movement. I opened it up and cleaned out a little dust, it worked for about a minute and then no right/left. The cord is kind of stiff so I'm thinking perhaps there's a broken wire inside it. I have an extra cord from a 5200 stick but I noticed that the trackball has 2 extra wires. 1 is an extra orange which I'm assuming is just another ground but on the connectons to the trackball part there is an extra white/brown wire. Anybody know what this is for? Can I not use a joystick cable as a replacement? Anybody have another working 5200 trackball they want to sell cheap? I don't care about boxes or anything like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 The other wire is a +5V feed. It's needed for the trackball but not the standard controllers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 The other wire is a +5V feed. It's needed for the trackball but not the standard controllers 1025359[/snapback] That's what I was afraid of, so I can't try a joystick cable then. Thanks, I guess I'm in the market for another trackball. Maybe I'll try making an arcade stick out of this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Pick up a PC joystick extension cable and use that, it should have all 15 pins wired. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Pick up a PC joystick extension cable and use that, it should have all 15 pins wired. Mitch 1025427[/snapback] IF it's fully-compatible. Remember, there's 15-wire AND 7-wire variants, owing to the original spec of the IBM gameport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 I was trying get off easy. I can just buy the parts and wire my own cable if I need to. I just thought I might be able to get away with the spare joystick cable so I figured I ask the experts. I guess a trip to Radio Shack(shiver) is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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