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One of the more easily understood things that I've messed with in DIY, is battery packs. I haven't tried on much modern, because computers are getting way beyond my capacity (20 pins, + - and 18 others?)
But in the old day, it wasn't uncommon at all for me to build a battery for one of my devices, especially something like Game Gear, which chewed through batteries like candy, and why deal with that and the short life when I could put in rechargeable D cells. Sure, the pack was as big as the Game Gear iteslef, and weighted a ton, but it made it a true portable.
So anybody done anything themselves in diy type stuff?
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When I had my Apple II+ I read an article in Byte mag (I think) about how to build a joystick from Radio Shack components. It took me a couple of weekends but was a very fulfilling project. |
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Cool, I've done lots of controllers. Used to do 2600 arcade stics and sell them on Ebay, but intrest died on it.
Didn't the apple sticks use pots for analogue controll? I seem to remember some old computer controller did.
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IIRC yes, a pair one for x and the other for y coordinates.
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I was a kid who liked to disassemble things, and the urge never left. I've rebuilt a few Super 8 cameras - some with widened film gates - and buy the odd electronic kit of the Net every now and then. The most recent was a Tripath digital amp board, which I'll put together as soon as a find a sufficiently cool donor case at a surplus store (actually, I've been playing with the idea of stuffing it into the recycled carcass of a dead router).
I also designed this music control surface a couple of years ago...
... and there will be more music gear coming out later this year.
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CooL!! That's awesome, wish I could make something look nice and professional...and not from the wood age LOL
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Wow cool. That's a lot of buttons. How did you get all the holes lined up? a template of some kind?
Anyhow, don't know what it is, but it certainly looks cool 
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@Video its an open source midi controller.. i used a program that front panel express distributes on their website and calipers to make sure everything was lined up.. i originally made the plate out of wood, but with woods warping properties i couldn't use it the more i worked on it.. haha.. decided to just take the "easy way" out..
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