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Originally posted by Clint
why not just pull the circuit board out of a mouse,
make a platform with wheel cutouts and mount it on top
of the mouse wheel sensor, so that the wheel can contact
one of the zip drive wheels.
i'm sure i can write a simple mouse driver that can record the input.
i'm also wondering about making it load bearing..i can make a drum out of rubber hose that has similar weight to that of the zip zap...the zip would spin the rubber hose and in-turn the rubber hose would spin the mouse sensor.
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sounds kool and complicated
I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. But keep us posted on your progress. The guy from the site mentions interfacing via an 8255 PPI board or other data acquisition board but that might be a little too much!
