From: Ben Combee <combee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Many of the joysticks for the Apple II used ribbon cables. I think the big
> issues were the lack of flexibility in the cable and the unpolished appearance.
I could understand the unpolished appearance, perhaps I could simply spray paint the ribbon cable lightly a solid color to help the look of it some?
I don't know what the Apple II joystick ribbon cables look like, perhaps the new ribbon cable has more flexibility than it use to?
From: Glenn Saunders <cybpunks2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> See if you can get some kind of tubing so you can roll the ribbon cable and
> thread it through.
That might actually be a useable idea. Or perhaps I'll just simply use single stranded wires for increased flexibility. Maybe something like aquarium tubing might work and simply add a little spray paint to give it a better appearance.
From: Chris Pepin <cpepin1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Have you thought about using cat5 cable? There are 8 wires in each cable so
> if you use two cables together you would have 16 wires. Cat5 cable can be
> bought in 1000 ft reels for about $55 (at least that was the price the last
> time I bought some. It may have changed price since then.) You might have
> to get creative to find a way to keep the two cable together, but it's an
> idea at least. Plastic clips to hold them together, electrical tape, some
> sort of tubing are all possible options.
Well if not anything else I know where to get Cat5 cable by the foot so I won't have to worry about buying a whole roll for now.
Keeping the two cables together would be the trick, I doubt it would look very good if the two cables were loose in different areas around the joined areas.
If I can find some colored tubing similar to aquarium tubing, or I might have to simply spray paint the tubing lightly-- I could simply run single stranded wires thru the tubing as well (Basically make my own cable).
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Thanks everyone for your ideas. Now I'll have to do some experimenting and see how things hold up and everything, and how much it will actually cost to make them.
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