Spaceball ????????

[mold100]

Alright I am kewl with dual monitors but I just found in a box that an old engineer left a Retro looking spaceball, with a serial port plug that my cpu will not recognize. The number on the bottom is 6094-031, I did a search in forum and on the net and no luck, XP pro sp2. Any suggestions other than get a new USB one?

[Thad]

Corey,

 

Looks like it's for an IBM Workstation. Here is a link to a pdf. Look in Chp 4, under Spaceballs. Does it look like that?

 

Thad

[mold100]

yes Thad that is it, Its a differ color but thats it

[Thad]

I don't think it'll work on your box. We had some old IBM Workstation stuff from our previous company. None of the connections are the same.

 

Thad

[mold100]

Thats what I am afraid of.

[GreggT]

It'll work fine. I have two of these at home. The trick is that some require a power adaptor that plugs into the cord. The normal www.3dconexions.com driver will get you going. If it doesn't beep when you plug it in or turn on your computer something is wrong. Probably no power, the cord is special. You can probably email one of the guys selling them on ebay and get a new cord and power supply if you can't find yours.

 

Only whine I have is that they aren't the FLX models so the ball doesn't move and I have one at work that is an FLX so I find myself pushing real hard on the one at home.

 

The real problem is that you will soon be addicted and not be able to work at a station that doesn't have one. So just figure on buying one for every computer that you work at. This thing is nearly indispincable.

[Thad]

quote:

---

with a serial port plug that my cpu will not recognize.

---

quote:

---

It'll work fine.

---

Corey,

 

Do you mean that your computer won't recognize the device, or you don't have a compatible port on your system?

 

Edit: Here is the correct link.

 

Thad

[mold100]

I downloaded the only one I could get off that site which is the spaceball 5000 serial, however now with the driver exe ran I get a beep but the 3D connects box in my Solidworks tells me the spaceball will not work with that driver.?

[Bunny McRabbit]

Give the damn Xp appropriate driver from win 2000 in most chances it will work

Neglect the message it is not certified for XP

With a driver for NT chances smaller that you`ll succeed .

 

HTH

[mold100]

No Luck I put it back in retroville for now, I may look for a new one. Does dell have them?

 

 

Answered my own with a little search, Spaceball 5000 motion controller, is it worth 500.00?

[Bunny McRabbit]

Take a driver from 2000 station and install it on XP

Look for a driver in wintinf folder