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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: quarterback on February 19, 2006, 01:12:10 am
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Anybody remember these?
(http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/1285/14radioshackjoysticksmaller5lb.jpg)
This is a joystick from my old old TRS-80 days. I dug it out a while back and I'm wondering if there's anything that can be done with it.
It has a free-floating (non-return-to-center) joystick, which really really SUCKED for playing Pac-Man way-back-when. So I guess I wasn't surprised when I opened it up and realized there were pots inside instead of switches.
(http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/6250/13radioshackjoysticksmaller5tm.jpg)
So, is there any way to put this to good use? Any way to interface it with my MAME setup? Any reason to go to the trouble? It's got this 5-pin DIN kind of connection.
(http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/4025/15radioshackjoysticksmaller4bj.jpg)
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Doesn't Randy make a product that interfaces with POTs? Maybe it would be a good flight stick or something.
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Throw it at some kids. Those darn punks need some straightening out.
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Mini-motorcycle bars.
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Mini-motorcycle bars.
http://www.carolinamcevents.com/bbrest/bbrest.html ?
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Isn't that the kind of joystick that is in the Quasicade panels? It may work well for running console games on your cabinet.
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Auction it on eBay as a "rare, priceless collectable".
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Isn't that the kind of joystick that is in the Quasicade panels? It may work well for running console games on your cabinet.
That's what I was thinking. I'm just not sure how to hook it up. After Witchboard's post, I did some investigating. I'm not sure if RandyT make's something for this, but I think the Ultimarc A-Pac would work, but I'm not really interested in dropping any significant money (more than $20 max) on this 'project'.
Auction it on eBay as a "rare, priceless collectable".
Now we're talkin! :)
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You could contact this guy and see if he could hack it for you:
www.retrousb.com
He would probably charge more than the cost of an encoder, but it would be easier.
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Wow, that's pretty cool. Thanks for the link tahnok100!
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Boy that stick brings back memorys, I used to years those a long long time ago
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First thing that came to mind for me is a Tailgunner CP.
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Tailgunner! That was my thought as well.
Hack it with a cheap analog stick. 1Up's Star Wars yoke instructions would probably come in handy.
I might have to go and find one of those. Tailgunner was one of my favorites.
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I have a similar joystick that I have been planning to use specifically for Tailgunner. Frankly, I don't know what else it's good for.
Darryl
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The connector looks the same as that used on an old AT computer keyboard
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PC pots range from 0 to 150 kohm. According to this page ( http://users.erols.com/tiltonj/games/tech/cococont.html ) the pots are 60 kohm, not big enough for the PC. You'll have to do some serious mods to make it work, and make a new connector. Is it really worth it? Those sticks were pretty horrible. :P
I've done some mods on joysticks, this page has some good info on joysticks.
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_joystick.html .