Yeah, I got it working! Wish there was a way to slow down the mouse movement like I could have done with the Ball Mouse. Either way this is a concept and a rough one at that but it works and I am happy with it for now.
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Last Friday I got my ball-mouse from a unexpected visit to the Goodwill. When I begun work with it on Saturday I realized it was completely broken. After hours of trouble shooting I decided to give up and go get a new mouse later in the weekend.
Turns out that Axe Man, and Midwest Surplus and Electronics don’t carry these items any longer. Axe Man due to not taking in old computers anymore and Midwest Surplus went out of business. Last hope was Micro Center and they laughed at me when I asked if they had one in stock.
Note: If you want a ball-mouse that works the only way to find one it seems is know somebody already with one, or GET IT ONLINE. This little advice will hopefully save some future students form the bad luck I seemed to have had trying to find a ball-mouse at the last minute.
I ended up using a mouse that I had laying around the house. It was a laser mouse…