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Road Blasters CP
Drexdamack:
Just received my Road Blasters CP yesterday. The thing is in great condition. Much better than I expected. The plastic is in perfect shape and all the wiring is in tact. Only the metal on the base of the wheel, and foot pedal need sanding/re-painting. I have a question about getting it running in a quick way. I am in the long process of building a cabinet. Plenty of time to wait for deals, work out the design. What would you use to get this running. I can get an I-Pac (since I will eventually need one anyway) and make a small controller until I use it for the main cab. Or, I can use a Sidewinder hack. What do you think would be the best?
Secondly, I am wondering if anyone knows a place that sells Atari parts? The only thing missing are 3 of the 4 red caps for the buttons.
Thanks in advance!
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Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Drexdamack on April 02, 2003, 04:33:06 am ---Secondly, I am wondering if anyone knows a place that sells Atari parts? The only thing missing are 3 of the 4 red caps for the buttons.
Thanks in advance!
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Roadblasters yoke is optical, so you need either an opti-pac or www.oscarcontrols.com's USB mouse-based interface. You'll eventually need a keyboard encoder, but not for the wheel.
Someone is selling repro yoke buttons for Star Wars yokes, don't know if these would work for your yoke or not.
kspiff:
No, grasshopper.. neither the I-Pac nor a SideWinder are the yin to your RoadBlasting yang.. 8)
You'll have to use an Opti-Pac as the RoadBlasters wheel has an optical sensor board and an encoder wheel. That or you can hack a mouse and just use its X-axis (but then you'd probably have to hack the yoke triggers to your mouse buttons.. undesirable..).
Also, there is a guy who sells repro thumb triggers for Star Wars yokes (same handles) on ebay (and sometimes to inquisitive buyers, AFAIK), I'll try to get his site address and post it here.. BUT.. which triggers are you missing (post a pic if you can)? The thumb triggers are easily replaced with this kit; the index finger triggers are nearly impossible to find. The way you describe it, it sounds like you have 4 thumb triggers.. ???
kspiff:
D'oh.. got a phone call in the middle of typing.. damn, ppl, fix your own DSL :P
Drexdamack:
Sweet! Basically, all I need is an Opti-Pac right? Will this run my foot pedal as well? Thanks again for the help!
Edit: Can I also throw a spinner and trackball on the same one in the future?
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