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GamingGreg

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Looking for MS Sidewinder Dual Strike or equivalent
« 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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Re:Looking for MS Sidewinder Dual Strike or equivalent
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2004, 09:58:33 pm »
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
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Re:Looking for MS Sidewinder Dual Strike or equivalent
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2004, 07:37:42 am »
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)
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/
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Re:Looking for MS Sidewinder Dual Strike or equivalent
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2004, 12:12:38 am »
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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