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Title: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: crashwg on August 24, 2005, 08:25:37 pm
Fat chance right!

I need 4... Lit... 

Is there unlit ones?  Or do they just take the light out?  ???
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: DreamArcades on August 24, 2005, 08:50:43 pm
Yep, try eBay.
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Xphile on August 24, 2005, 10:17:22 pm
nope, not ePay, try http://www.gamecab.com/

*NEW* high cones, *NEW* low cones, a link to the *NEW* lighted switches...it's like heaven..:-)


(oh yeah, they had unlit switches back in the day, but they were actually opaque black plastic as opposed to the lit clear red plastic ones..)
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Kremmit on August 24, 2005, 10:48:37 pm
Has anybody actually bought those switches yet?  Pictures?
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Xphile on August 24, 2005, 11:16:03 pm
go here
http://www.gamecab.com/images/bandswit.jpg

to see what they look like...

The cones are inexpensive.. :)

but new switches and lenses will run ~ $60 CDN for three sets (about $42 US funds)
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Kremmit on August 25, 2005, 02:01:23 am
Yeah, saw that pic, but I'm more interested in seeing what one looks like with the led & lens, ya know?  What it looks like UNDER the panel, I don't care about.
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Level42 on August 25, 2005, 10:07:00 am
go here
http://www.gamecab.com/images/bandswit.jpg

to see what they look like...

The cones are inexpensive.. :)

but new switches and lenses will run ~ $60 CDN for three sets (about $42 US funds)  :'(

Guess I'll need two of those for my Atari Dominos cab. Where did you find these switches and lensed at all ? The internet ?? Do you have a link ? Would like to know how they look like..thx
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Kremmit on August 25, 2005, 11:40:32 pm
http://www.gamecab.com/switchsolution.htm

If you get 'em, you owe us some pics.  ;D
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Level42 on August 26, 2005, 06:11:03 pm
This is an EAO switch !!!! European made :) Maybe for once, we Europeans are better of the all you US people :) But those switches are never cheap, industrial quality....

The Dutch branch is "just around the corner" for me :) :)
Will pay them a visit next monday ;D

However, I cannot find the 11 series on their site: www.eao.com

They probably have follow up in another series....

http://www.eao.com/enl/nl/products/series/series_14.asp

and click on Series Overview on the right....think the 18 and 19 series come, at least, VERY close.
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on August 26, 2005, 06:43:11 pm
(oh yeah, they had unlit switches back in the day, but they were actually opaque black plastic as opposed to the lit clear red plastic ones..)

Asteroids, etc... used the lit red ones, so they would flash on coinup.
Missle Command generally used opaque black ones, but they were often replaced with whatever was handy when they went out.

Midway also had their version of the lit ones, used on Omega Race, Discs of Tron, etc...
They had shorter cones than the Atari version though.

Xenophobe had a mix of red ones with/without the LED inside.
The ones that didn't have the LED inside are a translucent red, vs. the transparent red of the lit ones, so they aren't quite as dark as the true lit ones.
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: RayB on August 26, 2005, 08:12:07 pm
Asteroids, etc... used the lit red ones, so they would flash on coinup.
Missle Command generally used opaque black ones, but they were often replaced with whatever was handy when they went out.

Missile Command also used the lit ones. The lit ones are always for player start buttons (on just about every machine Atari and Kee made). Where it deviates is that MC also used three non-lit cone buttons for actual gameplay.

Level42: Don't forget what I said in your other thread: You need the aluminum cones for Dominos.
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Level42 on August 27, 2005, 02:35:19 pm
Asteroids, etc... used the lit red ones, so they would flash on coinup.
Missle Command generally used opaque black ones, but they were often replaced with whatever was handy when they went out.

Missile Command also used the lit ones. The lit ones are always for player start buttons (on just about every machine Atari and Kee made). Where it deviates is that MC also used three non-lit cone buttons for actual gameplay.

Level42: Don't forget what I said in your other thread: You need the aluminum cones for Dominos.


So the Dominos are red lit and aluminium...mmmm, could get the Gamecab plastic cones and put some aluminium paint on them.... only 12 hours before I'm going to rescue a par of arcade history ;)
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: RayB on August 27, 2005, 04:40:29 pm
So the Dominos are red lit and aluminium...mmmm, could get the Gamecab plastic cones and put some aluminium paint on them.... only 12 hours before I'm going to rescue a par of arcade history ;)

Check your PMs. I'll trade you 2 aluminum cones for 2 black plastic. Your challenge now is to find 2 black plastic cones. ;-)
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: Level42 on August 28, 2005, 02:11:07 am
So do you need "high" or "low" cones ?

And are the Dominos the high or the low version ?

So I guess ordering at GameCab.com is not possible RayB ?
Title: Re: WTB Atari Volcano Buttons!
Post by: RayB on August 28, 2005, 01:17:57 pm
So do you need "high" or "low" cones ?

And are the Dominos the high or the low version ?

So I guess ordering at GameCab.com is not possible RayB ?


I'm not picky. I HAVE buttons with cones. I will use them on a MAME machine be they plastic or aluminum. I'm just trying to do you a favor if you want to restore the machine with the correct authentic parts. If you don't care about using black plastic ones, then don't worry about.