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Re: Joysticks.Plz reply ASAP

I'm not sure whether anyone has tried this or not, but I wonder if one could order a set of the new CH-Products USB joysticks and gut out the USB cable and circuit boards. On the spare parts page of the CH website, they have potentiometers which look strikingly similar to the ones in the older 15pin joysticks. I haven't seen the [inside of the] USB sticks, but it seems possible that one could wire up the pots' and buttons in a new USB 'stick to a 15pin cable and get a working 15pin 'stick that way?
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