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Offline chimera15

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Mini joystick
« on: Sun, 13 September 2009, 06:34:13 »
I used to use a small ch joystick.  It was the pc version of the old apple joystick.





The best thing about it was that it was small and compact so I could use it sitting in a lounge chair and could put it on a knee or the arm of the chair.  Every joystick I see these days is either huge, and top heavy, or is a non fully functioning joystick on a gamepad that is just on off like a keyboard.  Or just just plain too small like on a xbox controller.

  Anyone know of a mini fully functioning joystick with at least 2 buttons?
« Last Edit: Sun, 13 September 2009, 06:41:17 by chimera15 »
Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx


Offline chimera15

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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 13 September 2009, 06:59:09 »
Cool, I found mine in the box that it was in finally, and it's working with a usb adapter.  Still I wonder if there's a newer one out there that's roughly the same size, maybe with better buttons or something.
Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx


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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 13 September 2009, 09:48:57 »
Quote from: chimera15;117437

  Anyone know of a mini fully functioning joystick with at least 2 buttons?


Back in the Commodore 64 days, a friend of mine had a tiny black and red joystick that was two to three inches long and about 2 inches wide and about two inches high. It had a button on each side, but I don't remember if the two buttons could be used independently.

It certainly was tiny, but I never saw its size as a positive. Even though I was like 10 years old at the time and my hands were a lot smaller, it was hard to hold and you often had to stick your  palm on top of the nubby joystick because it was too thin to grab. Eventually your skin would get raw from the pressure of moving the joystick tip with your palm.

I have no idea what the name of this joystick was or who made it.
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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 September 2009, 07:02:01 »
I needed it for a flight sim, I just can tolerate those huge sticks, they're way too cumbersome and you can't use them unless you're sitting perfect posture in an office chair and desk, which I've never done using the computer.  It's why all my stuff has to be mini and why I use a trackball, cause there's no room for a mouse or big keyboard, let alone some fully sized flight stick, when you're sitting in a big comfy chair.  

I used an xbox controller on my pc for a while, which was really good for a lot of games, but not really for full flight sims because the joysticks are relatively minimally functional since it's so small, you don't have as much control as you do with a larger stick.

The good thing about these ch's is that they're still pretty big, and have about the same sized movement as you have with a big stick, you just don't have all that top heaviness.
« Last Edit: Tue, 15 September 2009, 07:06:42 by chimera15 »
Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx


Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 September 2009, 07:41:20 »
ch is still around. They have these re-arrangeable keyboards too:

http://www.chproducts.com/retail/mfp.html

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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 15 September 2009, 15:24:42 »
Quote from: lowpoly;118053
ch is still around. They have these re-arrangeable keyboards too:

http://www.chproducts.com/retail/mfp.html


Wow that looks really cool.  Is your keyboard going into production or something? Is that a new one?
Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx


Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 15 September 2009, 16:37:19 »
Quote from: chimera15;118191
Wow that looks really cool.  Is your keyboard going into production or something? Is that a new one?

Has nothing to do with me?

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Offline chimera15

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 22 September 2009, 15:44:37 »
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Has nothing to do with me?


Nothing to do with you? I read your keyboard thread, you got white keycaps for your keyboard in your avatar is what I was talking about. ;)
Alps boards:
white real complicated: 1x modified siiig minitouch kb1903,  hhkb light2 english steampunk hack, wireless siig minitouch hack
white with rubber damper(cream)+clicky springs: 2x modified siig minitouch kb1903 1x modified siig minitouch kb1948
white fake simplified:   1x white smk-85, 1x Steampunk compact board hack
white real simplified: 1x unitek k-258
low profile: 1x mint m1242 in box
black: ultra mini wrist keyboard hack
blue: Japanese hhk2 lite hack, 1x siig minitouch pcb/doubleshot dc-2014 caps. kb1903, 1x modified kb1948 Siig minitouch
rainbow test boards:  mck-84sx


Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 22 September 2009, 16:12:28 »
Ah, I thought you were referring to the link I posted...

Mine is the same as in the beginning, just white keycaps. Still working on the preview site.

Edit: and I ordered red stem switches.
« Last Edit: Tue, 22 September 2009, 16:18:22 by lowpoly »

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