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  1. Kernel Bob :progress_pride: @[email protected] ·

    The spaceball was similar to this one.

    mastodon.social/@retrocompmx/1

    #spaceball

    #spaceball
  2. Kernel Bob :progress_pride: @[email protected] ·

    Anyway, now I'm thinking I'd like to try a SpaceMouse. Fusion360 and KiCad on a Mac.

    Edit: PrusaSlicer too.

    🧵 2/2

    #spaceball #spacemouse

    #spaceball #spacemouse
  3. Kernel Bob :progress_pride: @[email protected] ·

    Circa 1992, I had a Spaceball on my desk. I wasn't "using" it; I was developing the driver for a better-forgotton 3D app. I think it was connected to an SGI Personal Iris. This was long before USB; it probably used a serial port. I don't remember.

    I found it really hard to control. That's partly because I was using it with very unresponsive software, 2 to 5 frames/second most of the time.

    🧵 1/2

    #spaceball #spacemouse

    #spaceball #spacemouse
  4. Blake Patterson @[email protected] ·

    Over the holidays, my sister gave me her old Weltron model 2002, sometimes called the "spaceball." What an iconic design! She was given the radio as a gift in the early 70s.

    I just added it to a bit of new shelfspace in the Byte Cellar. It still works great!

    And, as you can see, I enjoyed its sweet tunes from a rather early age (photo from ~1975)...

    #Weltron #seventies #radio #spaceball #vintage #nostalgia #retro #vintageelectronics #hifi #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #tech #vintagetech

    #weltron #seventies #radio #spaceball #vintage #nostalgia
  5. GregVR @[email protected] ·

    @trevorflowers Reminds me of the early #SpaceBall input device: rcsri.org/collection/spaceball

    #spaceball