Hey yo the other day the control panel overlay was delivered to my door. I had to fight with my door a bit to make him hand it over. The overlay comes all rolled up so I had to flatten it. That just means put some books on it for a couple days.
Once the flattening was done, it was time to stick it to the control panel. That also means I could install the joysticks - happy day!
Those joysticks are NOT similar to the original Robotron joysticks at all. The differences are plenty:- These use microswitches instead of leaf switches
- These are black instead of red
- These are bat tops instead of ball tops
- These are Happ instead of Wico
- These are possible to buy cheap instead of very hard to find
One day when I happen to find a pair of Wicos, I'll replace these. Obviously there weren't Wicos installed when I got the cabinet or else they'd still be there.
