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> Does anyone know of a source for Nintendo (joystick) jacks that will sell in
> quantities of 1?   I purchased a Power Glove in order to hack it (a la BYTE
> mag.), but I DO NOT want to snip the Nintindo plug off the end of the glove. I
> may have to butcher one of those joystick extendo-cords, but I would prefer to
> obtain just a jack...     (....sigh.)
> 
>     --Larry Liska
> 

      For the company I worked with this summer I wanted to use a Nintendo
  joystick for controlling a pulse generator that we had engineered.  I called
  the local K-Mart and the local Roses and the local everything until one of
  the ladies I talked to finally told me that I would have to order the joystick
  directly from the manufacturer because they didn't sell in stores.  I called
  the company number she gave me and they told me that the joysticks were so
  reliable that they didn't bother selling them in the stores in single
  quantities.  They said that the failure rate was around 1 in 100 for the
  lifetime of the game.
     Moral .... Try the manufacturer.  They probably have a 1-800 complaint
  line which can give you the number you need. (I wish I had it for you but
  I left it at work when I left for school).  The local stores have the number
  ... they just have to look it up for you.

  /* Interesting off the subject piece of trivia ... the Nintendo joystick
     has only one chip in it ... a serial 8 bit latched shifter            */

                                                ... Jeff Humphrey