Skatepunk60 Posted April 22, 2002 Share Posted April 22, 2002 Yep thats right im gonna do it , cause i dont wanna pay no 65$ for no stinkin paddle so i opened the joystick up disassembled the whole thing and found out how i can make this work so why not share the wealth? I havenent had a chance to test it seeing as my 5200 is broken at the moment but if anyone has a set of working paddles any 1 or 2 joysticks ill do the conversion free of charge. Dont go sending me stuff yet , i want to perfect this art , and test it first but when i do this offer will start buyer pays shipping of course , i dont wanna be loosing money here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Cafeman Posted April 23, 2002 Share Posted April 23, 2002 That's a generous offer. (you'll be swamped). How much time does it take to do each controller's conversion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 23, 2002 Author Share Posted April 23, 2002 About a day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 23, 2002 Author Share Posted April 23, 2002 Maybe ill do the fist 25 free then start charging a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted April 24, 2002 Share Posted April 24, 2002 quoteAbout a day Um, just what kind of modifications are you planning on doing? Converting a 5200 stick into a paddle shouldn't take more than an hour. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 27, 2002 Author Share Posted April 27, 2002 Yeah i know but i figure one , a day is good , having school and work and all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 I'm totally into it. I have scads of spare 5200 sticks, though most need to be cleaned up. I would gladly trade for your services- I'd love 2 of those Paddle 5200 controllers (for competition!) Is someone still working on Warlords for 5200? Skatepunk- drop me a note- we can talk paddles and skateboards. -ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted April 28, 2002 Share Posted April 28, 2002 It's not that hard to do, even a layman to electronics can do this mod in about 20-30 minutes. It's just a matter of removing one pot (vertical) and mounting the other pot in the center and rigging a paddle handle, or getting a different pot from radio shack for a couple bux and replacing the original. The mounting part is actually the hardest, but even that will only take like 10 min. I still have a "work in progress" mod instructions that I was going to send to AtariAge, but haven't had the time to finish it...it actually takes longer to write up the instructions and make some small schematic sketches than it does to actually do the mod. No big thing...no one should charge for it, except maybe parts and for the half hour out of your life to do it, if your stingy with your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatepunk60 Posted April 28, 2002 Author Share Posted April 28, 2002 Thats why im not charging , the only other place i know of to get these are for $65 and if i can do this why not share it? Ianoid ill email ya then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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