xjas wrote:Woah, nice find! $18 USD is insane for one of those. AFAIK the cable is "ACCESS.bus", which IS a standard, although a little-used one. You might be able to source one from some industrial supply or whatever.
I've found very little use for the Cyberpuck and end up playing with the keyboard & mouse or a joystick for most games anyway, but a shame not to have the complete set.
I disagree about the Cyberpuck, it was novel, but had it's place in the 'immersion'.
Standing up while playing FPS's was so much better than sitting down, and the Cyberpuck was a perfect tool for that... only maybe beaten by a dataglove. I never played Flight Unlimited with my VFX1 (or which ever flight simulator it was that supported it), but that would have been the only thing worth sitting down with a joystick/flightstick for imo.
And of course you could use it as a mouse! 😵
HanJammer wrote:Paid ~18 USD.
Not really excellent deal, because seller lost the cyberpuck and VIP Card<->VFX1 cable. Although he stated he tested it like 1 year ago and it was working fine...
I would say that was a steal (certainly for spares, if not... dare I say it, donor retro looking headset for retro fitting much better tech into 😉).
I've had 2 VFX1's in the past ~20 years, and both cost me in excess of 100 quid. The first one I got in 2001... back then it was over 100 quid second hand!
The Cyberpuck you can live without, but the VIP card is a bit of a pita... however, if you are ok with DIY electronics there is something called a LinkBox (and also describes the pinout) which basically frees the VFX1 from VESA and its other software limitations. You will need the cable, but not the VIP card, and may end up with a VFX1 that you could use on today's modern machinery.... LCD res still crap though 😀.