Thread: Standard Joysticks
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Unread 12-02-2006, 01:37
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Re: Standard Joysticks
Hey all,
I'm on a computer at school right now so I dont have the web address, but when I was researching joystick options for my team earlier this year I found an online supplier of dexxa gameport joysticks (after some significant digging through froogle), w/ hat and 5 buttons, I believe, for about ten dollars each. We ended up going with a local supplier for gameport joysticks, and havent purchased or used these dexxa's yet(but we are planning on purchasing 4 or 5 so that we have some stockpiled...). Additionally, I contacted CH systems and their newer, USB sticks use the same model of 100k potentiometer that their gameport sticks did. If I am not completly mistaken, these new CHs should then be fairly easily moddable to a gameport output with our friend the db-15 solder cup and some wire + basic wiring/soldering skills.

I'll post the link to the Dexxa stick supplier in the morning, so stay tuned.


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