Re: Apple II joysticks

[Jonathan Schattke <wizwom@ripco.com>]

Paul Grammens wrote:
> 
> I have been collecting Apple II's for a year or so, including 5
> joysticks. I noticed that only one of the six buttons on the three Apple
> brand joysticks works. The Kraft and CH brand sticks are OK, and I
> opened the Apple joysticks and verified that the switches were not
> making contact when pushed. They click, but don't make any electrical
> contact, except the one good one. They are square, flat micro switches
> that I've seen used in mice.
> 
> Anyone know of a source for these pc bd mount switches?

Here, we would get them from Newark Electronics, or Radio Shack.  They
are quite common.

The switch should have a part number on it, although any switch that is
physically the same size should be OK.

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