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Unfortunately, Spaceware (the software) does not provide drivers for the CAD orbs to be used as game input devices. SpaceTec/Logitech/3D Connexion has also said repeatedly that they are not going to make such drivers, so the only hope is writing our own.

I have the SpaceBall protocol pretty much ...

I don't think they ever made it to USB, as production of the SpaceOrb stopped long before USB became popular. I could be wrong, though.

About the only hope for a USB spaceorb hardware-wise is a USB-to-Serial interface, and I am not sure those are very reliable with the current drivers.

Here's the link to the old files section:

http://www.planethardware.com/spaceorb/files/index.html

Really sorry to hear that, Mike. It's a homeowner's worst nightmare. I hope your insurance company took good care of you.

As for the orb, the only drivers I am aware of are to be found at http://hidsporb.sourceforge.net but they are gettting a little dated. Birdman is working on a new front-end ...

Is there any active development still going on with the drivers by anyone? The latest commits in the CVS at sourceforge are all like 3+ years old.

I want 4000FLX support as well, and I have some work on a driver set that I started about the time Victor did his. I also have a pretty complete (~99 ...