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Asteroids Deluxe Cocktail - Noob Questions
markrvp:
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--- Quote from: RayB on March 02, 2006, 12:38:42 am ---Geez man. I wasted 10-15 minutes typing that response for what?
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I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to be a ---tallywhacker--- however, you couldn't tell me if I needed to buy long or short buttons and I would have no idea whatsoever.
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MEASURE THEM!!!! (Sorry, that's been building up for the entire thread)
Not everybody has an AD cocktail sitting around and even then, someone could have modded theirs/yours etc. I would say that they are probably short leafs, but I could be wrong. You would order and then blame that Cheffo-guy if they were wrong ...
As a general rule, don't order replacement parts until you've at least looked at the parts you are replacing.
Cheers.
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Well Cheffo, while I do admit to being a noob, I also know that if I took the damn things out and measured them, I'd still have no freaking idea how long a long button or short button is....
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If you measure them, then you can tell Bob Roberts, "Hey, I need leafswitch buttons for an Asteroids cocktail. The buttons in there now are x.x inches long." Then Bob will know exactly what to send you.
Havok:
Just get both!
Since you are new at this, you must learn sooner or later that you need a stockpile of parts!
markrvp:
Okay, here is how I found the answer to your question in about 3 minutes:
First I did a Google search for leafswitch arcade buttons. That led me to two commercial sites which sell them. According to the http://www.quarterarcade.com website, they say that:
Long leafswitches = 1-7/8" overall length
According to the http://www.centsibleamusements.com website, the leafswitches they offer are either:
1-5/8" OR 2"
This leads me to believe that short leafswitch buttons are approximately 1-5/8" long and that long leafswitch buttons are around 2" long.
Now, measure one of the buttons in your cocktail cabinet. If it is around 1-5/8" long, then you probably need SHORT leafswitch buttons. If your button is 1-7/8" long, then you will probably need LONG leafswitch buttons.
I don't know what else we can do to help you. You are going to have to help us help you by doing a minimum amount of work by measuring your own buttons.
Sensei Fu:
Thanks Mark. Again, I didn't come here to piss people off, I'm just a noob at all this stuff.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Sensei Fu on March 02, 2006, 08:22:12 am ---Well Cheffo, while I do admit to being a noob, I also know that if I took the damn things out and measured them, I'd still have no freaking idea how long a long button or short button is....
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Typically I am one to take the time, even with the folks who absolutely refuse to do any of the legwork (anybody remember mag48?)
Maybe I am just getting old and am weary ...
Here is the first result returned from the forum search for 'leaf switch button length':
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=23756.0
So, apologies if you think that I was curt with you, but from RayB's initial post you had all of the information needed -- you just needed to do a little legwork, which you didn't appear to do. As the new owner of a vector game, you are going to have to develop those research skills for when things go wrong (and they will).
Congratulations on your new machine and welcome to the vector world ...
Cheers.