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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: jfunk on April 18, 2006, 11:53:12 am

Title: P360 buttons?
Post by: jfunk on April 18, 2006, 11:53:12 am

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Anyone ever heard of them?  "Spill resistant"..  Does that just mean everything is enclosed?  Very odd..

I don't want them, just curious  :)

Thanx.

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: Level42 on April 19, 2006, 01:50:00 pm

P360 (or their joysticks) used to be a independent brand/product, and later got bought by Happ. Since these buttons require a power supply, my bet is that they use the same technology as used in their joystick, meaning optical. So there's no real electrical contacts in them, with all the advantages that come with them.

Interesting find ! But I don't really like the shape of the buttons. But these should, in theory be the fastest and most lasting buttons (and resisitant less) there are.

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: jfunk on April 19, 2006, 08:18:10 pm

Very interesting..  Someone should buy them and let us know!  :)

Thanx!

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on April 19, 2006, 09:57:51 pm

They really suck if they're used on route...people mash them like regular buttons, and the optical thing pops off...

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 19, 2006, 11:59:49 pm

I've got 8 of them in my Die Hard (awaiting conversion to a JAMMA gun cabinet) ... they're not really that special and are actually "clickier" than leafs.

Cheers.

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: Kremmit on April 20, 2006, 02:11:44 am

Optical tech, yep.  I have three here I've never hooked up.  There's no microswitch on the bottom, just some wire terminals like you'd see on a P360 stick.  They're labeled G, C, and +5, so you can't hardly screw up. 

They don't have any bezel around the button head; the whole top is press-able, and appears to be the same diameter as a Happ button including bezel.

Pics:

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: jfunk on April 20, 2006, 08:09:01 am

Seeing the pictures of them next to other buttons, they do look..  erm.. ugly.  :)

Ah, well..  At least now I know.  :D

Thanx!

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: Kremmit on April 21, 2006, 12:02:49 am

Yeah, they're weird.  I really only picked them up out of curiosity- darned if I know what I'll ever do with 'em.

Title: Re: P360 buttons?
Post by: jfunk on April 21, 2006, 08:21:02 am

Maybe sell them to the guy looking to make an outdoor cocktail cab..  :)

Wait..  spill proof != waterproof..  erm..  :)