▲ 1 ▼ Refurbishing some Joysticks and Joypads (assets.chaos.social) submitted 1 year ago by root42@chaos.social to c/retrogaming@fedia.io 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments Refurbishing some Joysticks and Joypads. This Atari joypad had some corroded contacts and silicone graphite pads. A bit of MG chemicals carbon lacquer and it is as good as new. #retrogaming #atari #atari2600
[–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children) A Quickshot II with interesting triggers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] 1024Bytes@masto.ai 1 point 1 year ago @root42 The switches look unbreakable for me ! permalink fedilink source parent [–] acsawdey@fosstodon.org 1 point 1 year ago @root42 That looks like a really durable switch mechanism for 5v .. at least that part will essentially never wear out. Kind of looks like somebody on drugs stared at a buckling spring key switch and thought “what if I turned this inside out”. permalink fedilink source parent [–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The stick uses these switches everywhere. Also: lots of plastic dust from friction. I will clean and lubricate this thing thoroughly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago The stick has a shrinking tube over one of the pins. I wonder if the others should have some as well? permalink fedilink source parent [–] kelpana@mastodon.ie 1 point 1 year ago @root42 I have seen a few of those before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 1024Bytes@masto.ai 1 point 1 year ago @root42 The switches look unbreakable for me ! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acsawdey@fosstodon.org 1 point 1 year ago @root42 That looks like a really durable switch mechanism for 5v .. at least that part will essentially never wear out. Kind of looks like somebody on drugs stared at a buckling spring key switch and thought “what if I turned this inside out”. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) The stick uses these switches everywhere. Also: lots of plastic dust from friction. I will clean and lubricate this thing thoroughly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago The stick has a shrinking tube over one of the pins. I wonder if the others should have some as well? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] root42@chaos.social [S] 1 point 1 year ago The stick has a shrinking tube over one of the pins. I wonder if the others should have some as well? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kelpana@mastodon.ie 1 point 1 year ago @root42 I have seen a few of those before. permalink fedilink source parent