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Driver for old Spaceball
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Driver for old Spaceball

Driver for old Spaceball

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Does anyone know where I might find a XP driver for a Spaceball 2003?  It is no longer supported by 3Dconnexion.  Recently upgraded to XP (some upgrade, yuk!) and my spaceball no longer can find the driver.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

http://www.3dconnexion.com/support/4b1.php

Quote:

7. I have an old SpaceBall 2003 or 3003. While I realize this product has been discontinued, can I still get a driver for these models?
Yes. Drivers for legacy products can be obtained from our helpdesk. Please contact the helpdesk with the serial number of your product and a driver will be provided at no charge.


Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

You could also try running the Spaceball software, using XP's "Compatibility" mode, as your previous flavour of Windows. RMB on the programs executable (NOT the shortcut), select Properties > Compatibility, then select the Windows version.


Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

a 2003 will not work on XP but will work on 2000.....but, if anyone figures out how to get one to work on XP, please email me!

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

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7. I have an old SpaceBall 2003 or 3003. While I realize this product has been discontinued, can I still get a driver for these models?
Yes. Drivers for legacy products can be obtained from our helpdesk. Please contact the helpdesk with the serial number of your product and a driver will be provided at no charge.

I tried the route of asking for a driver as per the above quote, all they would offer me was a trade in for the old spaceball against a new spacepilot, the info on the website is misleading.

Phil

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

driverguide.com may have what you seek.

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2005 SP 4.0 (reluctant to change)
Matrox Millenium G550
AMD Athalon 1.8 GHz 512 Meg RAM

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

pgp001 ... If the helpdesk categorically refused to send you the driver, go higher up the food chain. Find out who the president/CEO/whatever is & bring it to his/her attention that the website statement could be taken as false advertising because the helpdesk personnel did adhere to that policy.

The "contact us" page at http://www.3dconnexion.com/company/7d.php has several email & postal addresses. I would start with the marketing email address. If that doesn't work, go straight to the corporate top guy.


Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

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The driver I believe you need is called
"3DxWare_v3-6-4_win32_reg.exe" (12468kb un zipped)
 & for Solidworks (do you still need this? I used it) also "3DxSolidWorks_v2-4-2_win32.exe" (2149kb un zipped).
The first is I think the last spacball driver to support 2003? 3003. If anyone has a later one please let us know.
I use it for SW2005 on WinXP with a 3003 (of ebay 20.50 Euro) & it's vgood.
Older versions did not support buttons (so I was told) on 3003, this does, just drag & drop it, can be anything that can be from a macro.
It was only there a few weeks before 3Dconnection got all septic & stopped supporting old products & removed old drivers!  :(
I am uploading it now to www.driverguide.com in case they don't have it. From dial up at home so if it does not get through will try from work next week.
If you have an email or ftp site I could do that direct.

RE: Driver for old Spaceball


How Do I Make Files Available For Download? ... No Emails Required  FAQ559-1177

cheers
Helpful SW websites  FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions  FAQ559-1091

RE: Driver for old Spaceball

Sorry about email :(

I have put the Spaceball 3003/2003 driver & SW driver on www.driverguide.com
enjoy :)

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