WANTED; Saitek Mx-220

minigeff

does anyone have a Saitek megagrip mx-220 kicking around, an unfinished or unstarted project perhaps?

i'm looking to buy or borrow one for obvious reasons, for a personal project for myself.

cheers,

MG

danjaq_0ff

minigeff wrote:

does anyone have a Saitek megagrip mx-220 kicking around, an unfinished or unstarted project perhaps?

i'm looking to buy or borrow one for obvious reasons, for a personal project for myself.

cheers,

MG

Try ebay germany, they seem to have them :007)

Aston Martin DBS

What colour are the correct original joysticks... I'm trying to track one down for a while now and there's a couple that look almost right - any helpo greatly appreciated.

Asp9mm

Aston Martin DBS wrote:

What colour are the correct original joysticks... I'm trying to track one down for a while now and there's a couple that look almost right - any helpo greatly appreciated.

Originals are black.

minigeff

theres some truth in what asp is saying, however, not all suitable models were black.

it seems saitek's 'development' of these things was merely changing the stick design and moulding the bases in different colour plastics, but they actually left the shape alone for quite a few models, so you don't need to get 'the' model that was used, ie don't be put off by different colours, they'll most likely be exactly the same shape.

they are however getting pretty rare. the original saitek came about in 1985, so even when it was bastardised for GE, it was getting on a bit. you'll normally find them amonst the computer guys who collect obscure and obselete computer systems, and weirdly, there always seems to be a few kicking around on ebay germany.

i was offered a half baked saitek by one of you guys on here for $110, plus shipping to the united states of england, but to be quite frank, that was a complete rip off. being not as stupid as i look, i went to ebay.de and got mine for £8, inc. shipping, quite a difference.

Gadget Meister

There are at least 3 on www.ebay.de at the moment, all sitting at 1 Euro, I recently bought 2 at this price

danjaq_0ff

minigeff wrote:

theres some truth in what asp is saying, however, not all suitable models were black.

it seems saitek's 'development' of these things was merely changing the stick design and moulding the bases in different colour plastics, but they actually left the shape alone for quite a few models, so you don't need to get 'the' model that was used, ie don't be put off by different colours, they'll most likely be exactly the same shape.

they are however getting pretty rare. the original saitek came about in 1985, so even when it was bastardised for GE, it was getting on a bit. you'll normally find them amonst the computer guys who collect obscure and obselete computer systems, and weirdly, there always seems to be a few kicking around on ebay germany.

i was offered a half baked saitek by one of you guys on here for $110, plus shipping to the united states of england, but to be quite frank, that was a complete rip off. being not as stupid as i look, i went to ebay.de and got mine for £8, inc. shipping, quite a difference.

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United States Of England now thats funny )