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kbdfr wrote: 16 Feb 2022, 18:52I just moved it to Off-Topic

Thanks.

I hope things will go well. Is the boating in Turkey an official DT's activity now BTW?
viewtopic.php?f=33&t=26755

Muirium wrote: 31 Jan 2022, 18:33 Good news, folks: we got ourselves some mods again! Say hello to the new management.

Wow! DT resurrection? Great news!

Wow, Tangent triple trackball!

It looked initially like a good candidate to become "next Deskthority", and people started to register & submit the content - but actions like deletion of all the users and wiping of content produced predictable result. I myself in particular totally lost any interest to that site.

oookay, I didn't want to post about this but months have passed and I'm a bit sad about how things are going.

Well, I feel the same. I never was really active here, but DT was lovely place with tons of professionally structured information, and knowledgeable friendly community. I'd like to ...

I don't think it would help. It seems to me the resource is abandoned, unfortunately...

Meanwhile, it looks like forum is currently in abandoned state: spam bots have essentially captured at least "Input devices" section, and there's no any signs that the new possessor is bothered...

Great! Glad you've successfully repaired it.

Many thanks for your effort!

I'm already using it.

One more question: registered as "Archie" but nickname is displayed as "archie": if possible, I'd prefer to fix that.

Well, repeated the process, and finally succeeded.

Received email, but the link gives "Action expired. Please start again." message.

Wow, perfect! Just registered, awaiting activation email to arrive...

Redmaus wrote: 14 Jun 2021, 19:38

raoulduke-esq wrote: 14 Jun 2021, 19:18 So who wants to stand up a new forum we can migrate to?

Already working on it! With a much better and less dated forum software

Is there any progress? Something based on vBulletin I suppose?

Is there any chances to perform some clean-up and remove bot accounts (I mean those XxxxXxxxx -patterned ones) as well as the garbage generated by them?

Few examples from sub-forum I'm visiting most often:
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=25991
https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=3 ...

GuilleAcoustic wrote: 30 Jun 2021, 22:00I thought you meant that metric was forbidden on this forum.

That's would be really funny!

GuilleAcoustic wrote: 30 Jun 2021, 21:29Why ?

Because they're different, perhaps?

You're free to call R2 bearings 3.175 x 9.525 x 3.967mm ones, of course, or try to mount PC hard disk with M4 screws.

Ozric wrote: 30 Jun 2021, 18:32 in what I think is the correct size (4x9x4mm).

Millimeters aren't suitable units here. DT225 uses Imperial-standard R2 bearings (1/8" x 3/8" x 5/32" dimensions).

Well, article about Trackball Pro as such is currently in progress, and I can't say when it will be ready to publish (serious lack of free time for my hobbies), but the same code was used for modding Curtis trackball - there's a link to my .INO file somewhere inside:
https://forum.trackballs.eu ...

Flicking the plastic wheel at the end, I can get them to rotate maybe one revolution on their own at most. I am guessing they should be a bit more free than that? :geek:
Yes, it should spin for several seconds if you flick the chaft by finger.

Can you just pop out the rods with their bearings ...

For stuck bearings, you can either replace them (but avoid cheap Chinese crap), or restore. This is how I did that with my DT225:
https://forum.trackballs.eu/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=12

Here are the pictures of my RollerMouse:

https://imgur.com/a/poFqzVR


Unbelievable, but this is absolutely standard DT225. Mechanics & switches are the same, and PCB does not have ROLLERMOUSE silk text. I'm pretty sure someone relabeled it (thousands of these trackballs were shipped fith OEM ...

GuilleAcoustic, glad to see you back! I'd like to say big thanks for your article about DT225 conversion! Actually, I've used parts of your Arduino code to do similar thing, but with full 4-button support.

Ok. If possible, make several pics from different angles with the ball removed, as well as top cover flipped over, please!

That's interesting! On DT225 the ball indeed drive steel shafts directly, while on RollerMouse there's a kind of plastic rollers surrounding them. Is there any possibility that your device is a Frankenstein made by previous owner by mixing DT225 and RM parts?

Posting a picture(s) of internals will ...

The reason I'm asking is, they use completely different mechanics. The symptoms you're describing, if referred to the Trackball Pro (aka DT225), mean ball bearings have dried out and/or contaminated grease, and needs replacement or disassembling & re-lubrication. In case of RollerMouse, there's no ...

To start with, DT225 and RollerMouse are two totally different (but visually similar) trackballs. Which one you're actually referring to?

Findecanor wrote: 06 Jun 2021, 15:42 I would prefer a modifier button for scrolling. When held down, you could use the ball to scroll both vertically and horizontally.

This is my preferred method of scrolling as well. In fact, I rarely use separate scrolling controls, mostly for fine adjustments etc.