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rubber_jonnie wrote: 20 Jan 2025 14:53 Now re-soldered and working just fine :)

Yes, better to stay on the safe side and avoid using re-flow...

;)

HigashiJun wrote: 20 Jan 2025 23:34

rubber_jonnie wrote: 20 Jan 2025 14:53 Now re-soldered and working just fine :)

Yes, better to stay on the safe side and avoid using re-flow...

;)

Quite :)

These fellows turned up yesterday:


From what I can tell they are Voltmace sticks, but what they have over the analog BBC sticks I already have is that they have a spring return to centre, rather like an RC controller, which I do find preferable.

The stick with the green buttons wasn't self centering though, it was very sticky in the X axis, however I was able to dismantle it quite easily and found it was a sticky gimbal (Nobody wants that!).

Unfortunately getting the stick out risked damaging the stick due to the way it was all heat welded together, so in the end after removing the pots and self centering mechanisms I was able to get some plastic polish into the gimbal and rotate it every which way, which after flushing has left it smooth as butter.

I just need to hook it up to one of my Beebs or an Electron to see how well they work.

Wow, they're retro for sure...

HigashiJun wrote: 21 Jan 2025 22:23 Wow, they're retro for sure...

That they are, though IIRC Voltmace made a lot of joysticks in this era, mostly analogue. All tested on my Electron, but I may give them a go on my BBC.

rubber_jonnie wrote: 21 Jan 2025 23:10 All tested on my Electron, but I may give them a go on my BBC.

Should also work.

Do these ones have an auto-centre feature ?

HigashiJun wrote: 22 Jan 2025 00:13

rubber_jonnie wrote: 21 Jan 2025 23:10 All tested on my Electron, but I may give them a go on my BBC.

Should also work.

Do these ones have an auto-centre feature ?

Yes they do, unlike a lot of analogue sticks of the time.

IIRC the ADC in the Plus 1 interface doesn't have as good a resolution as the BBC B, however how much you'd notice in reality I don't know.

And the sticks work just fine on the BBC too, so very happy :)

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