CV Roller Controller Question

[Rik]

Hmm,how do i explain this..well here goes.Upon playing CV Slither,something occured to me that i never noticed before.About 2 inches down the two female controller plugs on the roller controller,theres these beige color round cylinder plastic housings that when opened up,have a metal coupling that is split in half,that when the beige plastic cylinder is closed, close around each of the control wires.WTF are these?

[Tony Montana]

Isn't the metal thing a magnet ? most modern controllers have them on the wires,

 

not sure what they are for, i always presumed it was to stop interference

[joeybastard]

Hmm,how do i explain this..well here goes.Upon playing CV Slither,something occured to me that i never noticed before.About 2 inches down the two female controller plugs on the roller controller,theres these beige color round cylinder plastic housings that when opened up,have a metal coupling that is split in half,that when the beige plastic cylinder is closed, close around each of the control wires.WTF are these?

 

I haven't had my roller open in a while but if I remember right, the roller controller joystick ports are not part of the main board. They are only attached by a thin ribbon and the only thing holding them in is some plastic nubs. I'm guessing but I think the things you describe are basically "stoppers" for when you pull off the joystick plug to remove it. They stop you from yanking the wires from the main board. That's just a guess though.

 

EDIT: After rereading this, and seeing that pic below, I thought you meant something else. Sorry for the confusion.

Edited February 19, 2008 by joeybastard

[Tony Montana]

Does it look something like this ?

[Rik]

Does it look something like this ?

Yes,looks like the same sort of thing.

[Rik]

Isn't the metal thing a magnet ? most modern controllers have them on the wires,

 

not sure what they are for, i always presumed it was to stop interference

No,the metal halves are not magnetic.

[Kripto]

Probably filled with ferrite beads to reduce interference.

 

Look here for more info

[Rik]

Probably filled with ferrite beads to reduce interference.

 

Look here for more info

Yeah,thats what it is!Thanx.I always forget about wiki.But the problem is,you have to know what something is called or an idea what something does to enter a search word,which i had no idea of.