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Looking for MS Sidewinder Dual Strike or equivalent
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GamingGreg:
A lot has been said on this board about the Microsoft Sidewinder Dual Strike joystick, and it's "hackability". However does anyone know where I can find one? I can't seem to find anything in local stores or online.
If I can't locate a Dual Strike, then can anyone suggest another cheap USB joystick (< $20 US), that might work. It would be nice if 5K pots could be used, but even 100K would be fine. Ideas?
I obviously don't care what it looks like, as all I want is the internals. Also, I should also mention that it will need to support 4 buttons. (I'm thinking of building a Star Wars yoke similar to Menace's)
RacerX:
I got a NOS one off of Ebay for $6 a few months ago.
There are several out there now.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ht=1&query=Dual+Strike
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: GamingGreg on March 17, 2004, 07:40:56 pm ---A lot has been said on this board about the Microsoft Sidewinder Dual Strike joystick, and it's "hackability". However does anyone know where I can find one? I can't seem to find anything in local stores or online.
If I can't locate a Dual Strike, then can anyone suggest another cheap USB joystick (< $20 US), that might work. It would be nice if 5K pots could be used, but even 100K would be fine. Ideas?
I obviously don't care what it looks like, as all I want is the internals. Also, I should also mention that it will need to support 4 buttons. (I'm thinking of building a Star Wars yoke similar to Menace's)
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Yep, E-bay is your friend (Dual Strikes were discontinued a couple of years ago).
Another option would be Daveb's interface for $30 (in beta testing now). Will handle up to 5 axes and 15 buttons and could be done as a modular thing so you plug in what you want:
http://dave.bit2000.com/
brandon:
I was thinking about hacking one of these..
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1061127110515&skuId=5956888&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01063
it just like the dual shock controller for playstation. it has 2 analog sticks which makes 4 axis. and the best part they are only $10. I have no idea what the pot values are though but I think it would be great for interfacing some T2 guns ;D
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