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I'm happy to send you my 5000 for testing if you want. I got it for 99 cents on eBay. I was hoping to use it as a mouse.

Yes, I set the init string. My results were the SAME as Agent_13's, competely.

Ya, just to be clear, my 5000 does "beep" when plugged in, and both DIPs are set to ON (I saw in in instructions that the 5000 needs a special init string.)

Anyone get this working on a SpaceBall 5000? My shield works great with my SpaceOrb, but the *brand new out of the box* SpaceBall 5000 that I just bought on eBay for...wait for it....$.99. Yes, that's cents. Doesn't work at all. I set the dips 1 and 2 both to on.

I don't even know where to start ...

Reporting back. Just to set a little context (and I'll do a much larger blog post later) I know squat about electronics. I'm a .NET programmer. Still, I've held on to my SpaceOrb for years and years and tried a few times to write a driver. I found you guys, watched this glorious thread, and ordered ...

I just ordered one. I'm so stoked I can't even stand it.

Has any thought gone into making this work on an Xbox 360? That could REALLY be something special (and get some folks attention) for Halo.