More Bits and Bobs
After deciding I needed a new Control Panel Overlay, I had a looksie on ebay for one. I found a guy who had one (which was a bit smaller then I needed), I emailed him to ask how much to end the auction early, I also asked about some replacement buttons. He said I could have the buttons I needed (12 regular + 2 Start buttons), the overlay and another overlay he had laying about for £12.95.
Now considering buttons are usually about £1 each, I got a bit of a bargain!
As I thought, the overlay was too small width-wise and the spare overlay he sent is hideous, so I can either try to clean up the old one or chop up the old overlay and stick the new overlay on with added "bits".
So I'm going to try and fix the current overlay - basically removing all the cig burns.
Today I wired up all the buttons and ordered some replacement joysticks (£15 for 2).
The new joysticks use microswitches and old ones used leaf switches (which are better). Hopefully I can just swap the bases on the joysticks and have a nice new sticks on nice old bottoms.
Now considering buttons are usually about £1 each, I got a bit of a bargain!
As I thought, the overlay was too small width-wise and the spare overlay he sent is hideous, so I can either try to clean up the old one or chop up the old overlay and stick the new overlay on with added "bits".
So I'm going to try and fix the current overlay - basically removing all the cig burns.
Today I wired up all the buttons and ordered some replacement joysticks (£15 for 2).
The new joysticks use microswitches and old ones used leaf switches (which are better). Hopefully I can just swap the bases on the joysticks and have a nice new sticks on nice old bottoms.
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