so.. about 16 hours of work put in...
finished the MUX board something like 4 hours ago..
i'm actually sorta proud of how the white wires turned out, not so much about the rest..
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after putting the mux board in there was stupid amounts of testing, trial & error, repairing, trying again...
but eventually.. it's done and functional
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and it looks like the sort of equipment that would be used in guantanamo bay..
and i dont have tops for the joysticks yet, but i have plans for those.