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720 revisited
Lilwolf:
I sent out my 720 controller to Oscar so he could take a look and see what it would take to replicate them.
But with his DoT controllers coming out... I don't think he's had time to even look at it. Hopefully he can come up with a way to replicate them.
Superdave:
I 2nd the hope of Oscar coming up w/ a 720 controller. Too dang hard to find one
jerryjanis:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on May 06, 2003, 04:08:05 pm ---I sent out my 720 controller to Oscar so he could take a look and see what it would take to replicate them.
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That's awesome! Oscar was receptive to the idea then?
--- Quote from: Superdave on May 06, 2003, 09:04:14 pm ---I 2nd the hope of Oscar coming up w/ a 720 controller. Too dang hard to find one
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More importantly, it's impossible to find one that hasn't suffered from 17 years of the worst kind of abuse (from those punk skateboarders!). I got one on Ebay, and it's in rough shape... I know I'm not the only one in that boat, too! Man, I'd buy one in a jiffy...
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on May 06, 2003, 02:26:20 pm ---Then mount another motor brush at due north slightly off the disc surface so when the solder passes by it ccompletes a circuit. But in order for that to happen I need a way for that circuit to register as teh calibration disc.
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--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on May 06, 2003, 03:46:32 am ---I guess you could use a normal spinner, adjust analog sensitivity as close as possible, and set a button to the (8way) joystick - up. Haven't tried that though.
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That doesn't work... If you look at the source code you'll notice that as soon as you so much as touch the mouse, the 8way mode ceases to function.
What you could do is to map one of the "Dial V 4" controls to the calibration brush's button (you would also have to alter the analog settings for Dial V 4: something like "Key/Joy Speed=1", "Sensitivity=255" or whatever works for you). That's a cool way to do it because then it would work more like the real arcade joystick did. I wonder why the guys at Atari didn't decide to immediately calibrate to due north like in u_rebelscum's suggestion?
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: jerryjanis on May 07, 2003, 12:06:42 am ---What you could do is to map one of the "Dial V 4" controls to the calibration brush's button (you would also have to alter the analog settings for Dial V 4: something like "Key/Joy Speed=1", "Sensitivity=255" or whatever works for you). That's a cool way to do it because then it would work more like the real arcade joystick did. I wonder why the guys at Atari didn't decide to immediately calibrate to due north like in u_rebelscum's suggestion?
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Who knows, there are alot easier ways to get the same effect. Heck, my single encoder disc idea will work and feel just like the original if I get around to doing it.
OSCAR:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on May 06, 2003, 04:08:05 pm ---I sent out my 720 controller to Oscar so he could take a look and see what it would take to replicate them.
But with his DoT controllers coming out... I don't think he's had time to even look at it. Hopefully he can come up with a way to replicate them.
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I'm creating shop drawings from Lilwolf's controller right now. It is taking me a bit longer than I originally anticipated since Lilwolf waited until about two weeks before I released my DOT spinner to make his gracious offer, but I wasn't about to turn down the opportunity... ;)
I'm not trying to give the impression that I will be manufacturing these controllers in the near future, but once I have the drawings complete it's only a matter of $$, interest, and time. :)