The wiring and small harness connecters were raided out of a big OLD photocopier.
The first "H" plate I made had "catches" in the rubber underneath (cut out from a piece
of truck mud-flap 5mm thick), but after a night of testing, myself and everyone else,
all agreed that the rubber "catches" just didn't work right.
Also, all agreed that the "H" plate was too "H"-y... and as all Daytona USA fans know...
on the last corner of the "Beginer" level (and others), it's fun to tap the brakes and
smash it quickly from 4th -> 2nd -> 3rd... and drift it through, not that it's good for
the ultimate lap time, but it's fun getting it right if you've had a few Jim Beam's.
So, for the next catch-up, I tried the "prototype #2" with a more "open" "H" and
the Hard Drive magnets to hold it in gear, and everyone gave it a pretty hard time,
(I asked them to), including myself, and my mates reckoned I'd nailed it.
It's set up it the corner of the spare room at the moment, with a car seat mounted on
wood sleepers, and the wheel mounted on a small coffee table... thats why I made a lead base,
made from melted down old wheel weights (I asked a bloke at a tyre place if he could save me
half a bucket of used ones), and I glued a piece of wet suit material to the bottom....
IT DOESN'T MOVE A BIT !!!
The screen is a big CRT TV, 'cause I've got "Point Blank" running off it aswell (PSX),
switched over quickly via a basic switchbox.
I know it's just a "thrown toghether" test bench, but I'm cosidering making up something
more like what the rest of you guys are putting together, more stylish, now that I've got
it all working.
At the moment, for 2 player Daytona USA, it's networked to another PC next to it, via a
crossover cable, (I've just been given a router to try, I just haven't got around to it),
but the other setup just has the same Logitech momo wheel on a PC desk,
using the wheel buttons for manual shift. (gotta make another 4 position shift).
I'd like to make up two side by side cabs for it, but the spare room's not that big, and
the rest of it is taken up with a 4 lane AFX HO slot car track, hooked up to a lap timer
(times to 0.001 sec) running on a C64 that I programmed years ago. (Also good fun when
you've had a few Jim Beam's).
Anyway, I hope this can help others hook up a 4 position shifter for Daytona USA and other
Games,
Cheers.