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Received my new coin inlaid spinnerknobs from Randy today!!!
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RandyT:

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--- Quote from: rockin_rick on December 23, 2006, 12:23:49 pm ---Can you give a [mini] review of the "adjustable resistance" feature of them?

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My opinion is that this is much more important then the ability to spin forever.

The endless spinning is great for a Tempest type game, because that is what the original game did.  But a damped feel is what you want for other games.  While you still want the weighty feel to the control that the heavy knob or the ESC/Flywheel gives.

For Arkanoid, you want it to be somewhat damped.  It should barely free spin.  Then for games that used a potentiometer such as Super Breakout, you want it completely damped.

This can be accomplished by putting a couple of layers of felt under the knob, so by lowering the knob you get higher friction.  Sorry if I gave any trade secrets away here Randy.  I really don't know what his new knob uses.  I do imagine the weighty feel makes it feel better then your average knob.

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Heh.  It would be difficult for those owning one not to see the method used, so you aren't giving away anything.  The weight / size of the knob, the composition of the felt material (it's nothing like the stuff you get at Wal-Mart), the particular bearing surface and material of the TT2, as well as another very important part, all play a big role in the resulting feel and usability of the feature.

The most important thing is that, with the TokenTop knob and TT2 combo, all of those "knob behaviors" can be achieved easily, reliably and with the durability required for a control of this nature.

RandyT
Donkey_Kong:
Baah...I had mine hooked up wrong doesn't that just figure!!  :dizzy:
Don't hook it up wrong cause you can fry it ( I did)  :-[  Randy helped my pumpkin head out anyway. I feel bad. I didn't read the ff-in instructions 1st!!  :banghead:
Randy, what is my final punishment gonna be for this?  I'm :notworthy:.

Anyway, Finally got a chance to hook the TT2 the right way and my kid was breaking in Super Sprint with the Mini Racer wheel. This thing is cool!! We're gonna rip with this thing for awhile and give an update on how she runs down the road.


Notice how his cat is watching the action very, very tentatively...

tranq:
That's {a}ttentively.
Donkey_Kong:

--- Quote from: tranq on January 04, 2007, 09:29:20 pm ---That's {a}ttentively.

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Tranq- One thing you will NEVER hear myself claim to be is a English expert...However, since we are now both extremely guilty of thread derailment here and off topic from mccoy's original post of the token knobs...I might as well make the argument that tentatively works almost as good as attentively in that situation. Uh, I stressed almost.

PS: We gots to find something better to argue about here. "Gots to"...Is that proper englay?

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on January 04, 2007, 05:58:03 pm ---Baah...I had mine hooked up wrong doesn't that just figure!!  :dizzy:
Don't hook it up wrong cause you can fry it ( I did)  :-[  Randy helped my pumpkin head out anyway. I feel bad. I didn't read the ff-in instructions 1st!!  :banghead:
Randy, what is my final punishment gonna be for this?  I'm :notworthy:.

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No punishment.  Just don't do it again  :angry:  ;)

Like DK wrote, everyone please make sure you follow the directions for the unit.  The encoder module represents a good chunk of the cost of the unit and can only be replaced rather than a board level repair.  But if you make sure the polarity is observed, it will last virtually forever :)

Glad it's working for you now and that you are having fun with it.  The wheel is one of my favorite toys as well!

RandyT
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