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The whole 8 way as a 4way joystick issue
caykroyd:
Okay, I'm sick.....dreaming about my CP last night, I had an idea. What if I fashion a joystick with both 4way and 8way actuators. One on top of the other Then add four more switches on top of the original four switches. Now you can select which set of switches are being used.
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: caykroyd on May 09, 2003, 01:14:19 pm ---Okay, I'm sick.....dreaming about my CP last night, I had an idea. What if I fashion a joystick with both 4way and 8way actuators. One on top of the other Then add four more switches on top of the original four switches. Now you can select which set of switches are being used.
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That shares the problem of most 4-way/8-way solutions in that it still has a circular path of movement instead of a diamond one.
u_rebelscum:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 09, 2003, 02:14:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: caykroyd on May 09, 2003, 01:14:19 pm ---Okay, I'm sick.....dreaming about my CP last night, I had an idea. What if I fashion a joystick with both 4way and 8way actuators. One on top of the other Then add four more switches on top of the original four switches. Now you can select which set of switches are being used.
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That shares the problem of most 4-way/8-way solutions in that it still has a circular path of movement instead of a diamond one.
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I think it's a cool idea, but might be hard to implement. It would (if setup correctly) fix the major problem of 8way's as 4ways: like a real 4way it would switch from "left" to "up" at 45 degrees and only at 45 degrees.
So you won't have the "feel". IMO, that's not the major problem, only a minor, but highly opinionated problem.
m3talslug:
--- Quote from: Druin on May 08, 2003, 09:05:34 pm ---thanks! Speaking of ingenuity, I don't think I mentioned my rotating LCD panel....I have a 17" LCD that I bought with the intent to use in my cab when it's made (for now it's my desktop monitor) and I bought it so I can easily rotate it without worrying about the weight, plus the fact that some CRT's can't safely be rotated...
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Which brand/model is your LCD? I've been looking for one that rotate's 90 degrees but haven't been able to find one.
Did it cost a LOT more than one that doesn't rotate?
Druin:
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--- Quote from: Druin on May 08, 2003, 09:05:34 pm ---Which brand/model is your LCD? I've been looking for one that rotate's 90 degrees but haven't been able to find one.
Did it cost a LOT more than one that doesn't rotate?
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It's an LG 786LS
But for rotation, it has a fixed desktop base, non rotating, and has 4 mounting plate threads on the back to attach a walll mount kit (which could rotate)
otherwise I'm rotating it myself by bolting a custom frame to the back mount holes already there, and I have a motor with a long shaft bolted to this custom frame, and I will have to mount the monitor to a circuilar plywood frame, support it by rubber casters to help hold it in place and help the wood roll in a circle, driven by the motor.
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