> You could look at the following link, and kinda go from there. In the
> arcade field, these are known as 4-way thumbswitches.
>
> http://www.happcontrols.com/joysticks/95025100x.html
>
> They sell the whole sticks but offer exploded views.

Well, it was a good lead, and I found almost right away something that
looked almost exactly like what I was thinking of, the problem being that I
couldn't see any real part numbers for another supplier in there.  The one
lead is to email Atari and ask them if they can tell me where to look.

> Good hunting and let us know if you find them...

Now, Grayhill does sell something pretty close, they call it a 4PST, which
is where I go that term.  They have 3 seperate models, all part of the 04
series.  The problem is that they're rated for:

Make and break 250mA at 115VAC or 125mA at 225VAC

Now, I think that that might be a problem, considering that there won't be
enough arcing to properly clean the contacts after each operation.  No, I'm
not kidding, the buses in my region actually had this problem when they
first switched to PLC controls.  They were using their old stock of 48VDC
relays on low voltage, low current circuits, read the inputs to PLCs, and
over time the buses would stop functioning, and they eventually tracked the
problem back to the contacts (relays or switches) that were on the low
voltage lines, and discovered that they had to replace them with proper low
voltage relays and switches.

I'll keep everyon posted if I do find something better.  I wonder if optics
are the way to go on this one...

--Brendan

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