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Title: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: jspicher on October 29, 2012, 08:35:37 pm

Hi guys, l'm looking for 3 atari cone style buttons to use on a project l'm working on. I don't mind if they are knockoffs, l just want something that looks like the cone buttons found on tempest and missile command.

Anyone know where l can get them for fair price?

Regards,

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: yotsuya on October 29, 2012, 08:43:53 pm

Quote from: jspicher on October 29, 2012, 08:35:37 pm

Hi guys, l'm looking for 3 atari cone style buttons to use on a project l'm working on. I don't mind if they are knockoffs, l just want something that looks like the cone buttons found on tempest and missile command.

Anyone know where l can get them for fair price?

Regards,

Solid or LED?

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: jspicher on October 29, 2012, 08:48:17 pm

 solid

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: xefned on October 29, 2012, 08:48:33 pm

Arcade Shop has the cones.
Don't know about the buttons though...

http://arcadeshop.com/parts.htm#Buttons (http://arcadeshop.com/parts.htm#Buttons)

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: paigeoliver on October 30, 2012, 11:35:06 pm

The buttons themselves are notoriously hard to come by. So much so that I have purchased relatively obscure dead early atari titles at auction and sold the start buttons for more than I paid for the machine and then just drilled out the panel for modern start buttons.

I can supply some but I would have to kill a missile command cocktail project in order to do so.

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: t3design on October 31, 2012, 01:38:48 am

here is a source for the black buttons:

http://www.flippers.com/catalog/product_info.php/switch-p-2009?osCsid=7e18182a43552cc08db12ae490c7fdaf (http://www.flippers.com/catalog/product_info.php/switch-p-2009?osCsid=7e18182a43552cc08db12ae490c7fdaf)

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: jspicher on October 31, 2012, 09:26:42 am

Thanks all... wow $15 bucks w/out the cone is just too much for a button.
Guess l'll just go with the new style buttons.

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: Nephasth on October 31, 2012, 10:27:04 am

I picked up 8 NOS black buttons without cones last year off ebay for a little less than $30 shipped. Some day I'll pick up some short silver cones for them. Keep your eyes on ebay and you'll find some...

Title: Re: (affordable) atari cone buttons?
Post by: yaksplat on October 31, 2012, 10:51:17 am

I paid too much for mine, but then again in the scope of the entire project is wasn't too bad.  I really like them on the CP and that was one thing that I really wanted to have on my machine.  Something about that clicking that I really like... 

I did manage to burn out the led's in each one and then went on to replace the led's with ones with known specs that have been running well since.