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angelomcm:

Good day.

This is my first ever post on this board, I am Angelo, I greet you all :)
I have been involved with arcade playing since the 80s and
finally got the chance to discover the world of DIY arcade
when I got my hands on an old, damaged Cruisin' Usa
cabinet (monitorless) and half a dozen of old control panels.



My attempts to revive it has been successfull this far, however, two things
bother me slightly.  :dizzy:



1) I have the full steering wheel system + force feedback device
attached,  is it possible to have it used in mame with a certain
(commercial) adaptor ?


2) I have dozens of button switches like in the picture added, are there
still compatible buttons to be found for it ?
stats of the switch:  inner hole diameter: 1cm / 0.39 inch
overall length 7.5cm / 3 inch
Are they even still sold ?



That'll do for now, I will soon add my project to the forum announcements.
Thank you all.

 :)

lanman31337:

Hi there.  For starters, I'm not 100% sure on the force feedback, maybe someone else can chime in.  The unit you have there at the bottom is called a leaf switch.  You can get stuff for those, but it's usually tougher to find since everything is a microswitch now.

CheffoJeffo:

Welcome!

There are a bunch of vendors who sell leaf switch buttons, check the Vendors section of the wiki.

ArcadeShop, Mike's Arcade, Bob Roberts, LizardLick and Centsible all come to mind.

shardian:

That is a sit-down model. Do you have the seat part?

And no, you can't interface your cruisin usa force feedback with MAME. Maybe some day though (I like optimism  ;D)!

angelomcm:

Thanks for your replies.  I guess the steering wheel panel is useless then, maybe
i can salvage the speakers inside it though.  Too bad, the gearstick and
wheel seemed cool  ;)

In all case, it does indeed resemble a leafswitch like on the picture on the wiki
(which i thought i read through, tsk tsk me... sorry..).  Now to order the needed
buttons !
Thanks for the help !

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