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drventure:
Another concept I thought I'd throw out here and see if anyone has any input.

I've got an old Sidewinder ForceFeedback Wheel (the OLD OLD kind, game port and not USB).

The wheel is great, and as far as I know still works fine, but... trying to use a Gameport ANYTHING under XP or vista is a bit like trying to mow the lawn with boiled spaghetti.

Anyway, I've put it up on CL and ebay a couple times with no takers, so.... I was thinking, why not hack it, take the motor out and use that to drive my rotating screen? Or something else?

Or is there someone here that would actually +want+ a gameport ff wheel?

Or alternately is there a way to actually use one of these under XP or vista?

Any thoughts?

martoon x:

--- Quote from: drventure on January 16, 2009, 09:10:18 am ---Yes, those a sewing machine lifts. I'd originally wanted to automate the whole folding process, but pricing linear actuators kind of forced me to reconsider that.

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I was actually thinking the same exact thing for my cab. But then I found these http://www.firgelliauto.com/product_info.php?cPath=110&products_id=134 but I don't think I could get away with just using one. You definitely could though.

drventure:
Hey Martoon

Thanks for the link, but I think someone had already suggested Firgelli. I've got em bookmarked anyway. Yeah, those would probably have worked quite nice. Actually, I may still do something like that, just replace the gas strut in the sewingmachine lifts with linear actuators. But then again, probably not for this cab. As it is, I'm pretty tight on space, and to have the lifts be automated but not the lid or the doors just seems like "going halfway".

But If I can find a bigger antique the next time.....  ;)

Franco B:
How the --Papa Smurf-- have I missed this thread??  :dizzy:

I frigging love it, Love It, LOVE IT!  :)

Awesome work dude, love the theme.

If I can help out in anyway just give me a shout  :cheers:

drventure:
A little side project I started on with this build

I'd posted elsewhere about playing an MP3 file +WHILE+ windows boots.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=96222.0

It takes about 50 seconds for my cab to boot up, so I thought it'd be nice to have something happening other than some more or less static screens popping up.

So, why not play an mp3?

Of course, the computer proper can't play it, because it's booting. So, I pulled an old MP3 player out of the junk heap to have a go at wiring it up.

So far so good on the test bench. Next step is the crack the shell.

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