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| crashwg:
Is the 106 actually right handed? I couldn't tell by the pics. |
| Smittydc:
Definitely looks nice for $10. I've always wondered how easy those are to hack out and mount. Has anyone actually done it? Would you do it again? If anybody's still interested in a tron stick, I'm selling one from a xenophobe -- very similar. There's a thread in the buy/sell forum group for it. cheers, smitty |
| JayTea:
--- Quote from: spidermonkey on January 21, 2004, 08:35:27 pm ---I bought one of those from the same guy a while back just to have for maybe a future project as I already have a Tron stick on my cab. I couldn't get it to work with windows me. I might try it with my MAME computer which has 98 se just to see how it performs. I also may hack the handle off and mount it over a Happ tulip top fire button joystick. What os is your computer using ? Let me know if you get it working. --- End quote --- I'm running 98 se. The pics suggest a neutral grip, but you never know. The 108 is very right handed with the thumb button sticking way out there... These just seem to be a 8/10 solution for a replica tron stick, and B's get Degrees where I'm from :) Especially if you can manipulate a black light underneath it, remove the top buttons and put a tron sticker on it. I doubt if I'll do this, but it wouldn't be too difficult. |
| Zathras:
I picked up two of the 4.99 f106s to hack to a standard joystick base like MinerAl did (thanks for the writeup by the way). They came quick and in good condition (they still have the compusa stickers on them even :) ). What is funny is that of all the expensive bits I've ordered for the cabinet these were the only thing that came signature required. They feel pretty sturdy - I don't think they would handle arcade play but for home use they will be fine. The handle is different from the one in the pic (it is lot more swoopy) and the buttons are pretty recessed - I don't know if they are too recessed to be useful but I'll find that out when I get it finished. I'll post pictures then. One plus for the 106 is that the hat switch is just wired with the directions each as a separte button. I'm thinking that could come in handy to use as the up/down DOT spinner buttons. |
| JayTea:
I've finally got around to hacking this stick - I'm going to do a "half hack". I am hacking the stick to fit on a regular joystick, but I'm going to keep the buttons and hat functional via the usb gameport. All it will require is splicing extension wires to the current ones, run them down the new shaft, and reconnect the wires to the original base. With this type of hack, I am getting true 8 way feel (joystick handle hack) and full button and hat functionality (connect buttons to original base, stored in the CP. All I have to do is allow joystick input on Mame. I'll get pics up when I'm done. So far all it has cost me is $1.89 for a 6 inch 3/8 threaded pipe from ACE, $10 for the iFunstick. The joystick was given to me by APFelon. Thanks! Trigger stick grafted to regular joy------->Button Wires-------Original trigger stick base------USB port |
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