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From: bytebug@pertec.UUCP (roger long)
Newsgroups: net.games.video,net.wanted
Subject: Problem with 5200 Joysticks
Message-ID: <167@pertec.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 21-Jul-84 11:18:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: pertec.167
Posted: Sat Jul 21 11:18:51 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 24-Jul-84 03:45:20 EDT
Organization: Pertec Computer Corp., Irvine, CA
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I've had a 5200 system for a year and a half, most of which time it's
spent collecting dust.  I got it out again last night, and the fire
buttons had died.  After taking one of the controllers apart, I found
that by cleaning the "contacts" I could get the fire buttons to work
again, but after setting overnight all but one are dead again, and the
one that still works requires a LOT of pressure to activate.

Has anyone figured out a solution to this problem?  (Other than buying a
new set of controllers from Atari).  Does anyone else make *better* 5200
controllers that are fairly cheap?

	roger long
	pertec computer corp
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