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telengard:

I was hoping to bid on the Hall Effect joystick on eBay but noticed u_rebelscum was also bidding.  Didn't want to get in the way of possible support for the joystick.   I'll be busy wiring up my Sinistar joy so I don't feel too bad.   ;D

Do they usually go for that much?  Congrats on winning the auction u_rebelscum.

u_rebelscum:

Thanks, I hope not they don't go that high usually.  I was just feeling the buying spirt since I missed the San Jose superauction.  :-\  And now I just read people got like three cabs for $2, plus a working one or less than I spent.  Shouldn't have slept through my alarm, dang it.  ::)


And "adding" Hall effect support would be all hardware anyway.  They're just analog joysticks with a different type of POT.  

I'm going to play around with it and see if there's a way to hack it to PC.  I've found possibilly replacement linear hall effect sensors for less than 50 cents each, if you buy a 10,000 batch of them. :P  (Looks like the original ones aren't made any more, either :( ).

telengard:


--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on December 08, 2003, 02:49:53 am ---Thanks, I hope not they don't go that high usually.  I was just feeling the buying spirt since I missed the San Jose superauction.  :-\  And now I just read people got like three cabs for $2, plus a working one or less than I spent.  Shouldn't have slept through my alarm, dang it.  ::)


And "adding" Hall effect support would be all hardware anyway.  They're just analog joysticks with a different type of POT.  

I'm going to play around with it and see if there's a way to hack it to PC.  I've found possibilly replacement linear hall effect sensors for less than 50 cents each, if you buy a 10,000 batch of them. :P  (Looks like the original ones aren't made any more, either :( ).

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If this was the New England auction, you would have needed a Hummer to make it there given all the snow.
$2 for **3** cabs?  Wow!   :o

Ahh, so they are just pots.  I'm bummed because what had been sold as a Sinistar original joystick was a 2 way optical.  That was going to take up my time for the next day or so.  I read somewhere that these were the original Joust joysticks.

Off to eBay to find a real Sinistar joy...

SirPeale:


--- Quote from: telengard on December 08, 2003, 02:57:41 am ---If this was the New England auction, you would have needed a Hummer to make it there given all the snow.
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If that was the New England auction, and he had made it, he would have kicked himself for days wondering why he braved certain death in the snow for a worthless auction.

u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: telengard on December 08, 2003, 02:57:41 am ---If this was the New England auction, you would have needed a Hummer to make it there given all the snow.
$2 for **3** cabs?  Wow!   :o
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No, the San Jose California auction that is being talked about over in everthing else.




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--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on December 08, 2003, 02:49:53 am ---And "adding" Hall effect support would be all hardware anyway.  They're just analog joysticks with a different type of POT.  
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Ahh, so they are just pots.  
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As an oversimplification, yes: POTs and Hall Effect sensors are interchangable (in most cases).


--- Quote ---I'm bummed because what had been sold as a Sinistar original joystick was a 2 way optical.  That was going to take up my time for the next day or so.  I read somewhere that these were the original Joust joysticks.

Off to eBay to find a real Sinistar joy...

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That sucks.  Good luck on getting the real thing!

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