[Coco] Potentiometers for standard CoCo joysticks

[Stephen H. Fischer]

http://www.halted.com/ 

Gives a 404, could the first (and last) walk in electronic surplus store gone out of business? 

http://www.alltronics.co/
 
Is now Internet only. 

http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1 

A look at their catalog will surely come up with several types. 

Thirty years ago I could walk into ~ 10 that all were within a hours driving time. (And a motorcycle ride from work when my boss wanted me to get some cmos chips. I knew exactly which one to go to.)

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/
Is a good source.

That is the order I would check.

SHF

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From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Potentiometers for standard CoCo joysticks


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> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 8:05 PM
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>> Thanks.
>>
>> I can see that’s a Radio Shack part #, though their search won’t find it.
>>
>> Can’t seem to find that part # anywhere, know where to find any?
>>
>> - Ed
>>
>>
> 
> I've looked and found no direct source.  Not even eBay.  But as Stephen 
> pointed out, it's a 100K joystick pot. So I guess that is what you should be 
> looking for.  I found a lot of joystick pots at Digikey.
> 
> During my search I found that Mims Circuit Scrapbook, Volume 1 contains 
> plans for a variety of plans utilizing this particular pot.
>