StickJock Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 I think most of us probably started out with the CX40s. For me, they always ended up getting flakey. This was usually caused by the snap domes drifting under the tape. I would peel the tape up and put them back where they belonged but then, of course, the tape didn't stick as well and they would drift again even sooner. I think the plastic may have gotten deformed or cracked on some of them, too. The Wico was a big upgrade for me. Although, now that I think back, I also had to do a repair in my Wico as well - I think one of the switches mount had broken or something. I also added a left forefinger button on the "front" of the base & a toggle to switch between all buttons work / normal / button held down. I must have bought a pack of the little red pushbuttons from Jameco or something since I found that I had also added them to the other side of the paddles, and I have one on back of my 320XE as a Freezer button (makes warm resets into cold resets). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearhead Lu Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 How do you pronounce deja vu? AA post-How do you pronounce "Wico"? ??️ I never had a Wico Atari joystick, but I once found some Wico arcade machine joystick parts and made my own Atari joystick by mounting a stick into an electronic projects box. Worked OK but hard to hold the base because the box was too big hand and would not stay steady if set on a surface. Too much leverage needed to move the stick. I still have a few Wico Atari ST track balls. Took apart one and mounted the optical wheel sensor to the end a a steering wheel shaft and made my own steering controller. I made a lot of steering controllers until Force Feedback was properly done in the retail sold wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickJock Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Gearhead Lu said: How do you pronounce deja vu? AA post-How do you pronounce "Wico"? ??️ Sure, if I wanted to know how TI99/4A users pronounced it.... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 7 hours ago, Stephen said: How do you pronounce that? Cocks dash four-oh? Cucks dash forty? See Ecks four-zero? Sorry - couldn't resist. P.S. My gif comment was purely a joke as is this Smile fellas, not everything's a jab looking for a fight. It was happy trolling and friendly banter... I thought it funny! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinez Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 On 7/2/2020 at 7:08 PM, Mclaneinc said: Just looked on Ebay for a Comp Pro Mini...HOW MUCH!!!! Tell me about it... I’m looking forward to get one of these Competition Pro-likes from China. The price is cheap, but they didn’t start shipping so far ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Pronounced it as WICKO all my life, since my first one ever, back in the early 80's. Never saw a commercial, everyone I ever heard say it said it as "wicko." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Stephen said: How do you pronounce that? Cocks dash four-oh? Cucks dash forty? See Ecks four-zero? Sorry - couldn't resist. P.S. My gif comment was purely a joke as is this Smile fellas, not everything's a jab looking for a fight. Good try Stephen! But the Brits pronounce CX-40 as "Sedex 40" just like ZX81 or ZX Spectrum are pronounced "Zedex 81," etc. Edited July 4, 2020 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I'd just pronounce it as C X 40 ie individual letters, I suspect most Brits would do the same.. I'd bet some Americans would pronounce it Zee X 40 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 15 hours ago, martinez said: Tell me about it... I’m looking forward to get one of these Competition Pro-likes from China. The price is cheap, but they didn’t start shipping so far ? It looks good but at around 30UK its not too cheap, will wait to see comments on the actual feel of them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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