The 1992 Mouse Yoke! Convert a mouse into a flight yoke, oddly

[@seoulpurpose]

Not to be confused with the *Mouse YOLK*, the egg-themed mouse that has inevitably been covered in a previous 'weird mouse' video

[@JaredConnell]

No, that would be the yolk mouse. This is the mouse yoke.

[@Oculas2003]

Was that just for the "Dizzy" games?

[@mythbustersfan3456]

Homer: Mmmmm egg yolk *starts drewling*

[@TechGorilla1987]

I had one called "The Three Minute Mouse" Chefs will get that.

[@DarthDoomSlayer64]

Or the Mouse choke.

[@key099able]

Getting glimpse into the storage room is always a delight.

[@StreetPreacherr]

Damn! First time I've seen it. I'll have to see if he's ever done a video tour, all I've seen are his Big Box game shelves.

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

​@@StreetPreacherrIt's occasionally popped up in quick snippets in his regular videos since moving into this house a few years ago, but he's never done a more in-depth tour of this setup as far as I'm aware. I seem to recall a video showcasing select examples of his collection back from around the time he was moving, though.

[@michielbrus5632]

We need a tour!

[@artchic528]

It’s like delving into a vintage computer wonderland!

[@DerekLippold]

YES! I want to see the storage room. I love it and it so inspiring to get me to organize my computer room mess lol😅

[@jonathankleinow2073]

16:15: As Mentour Pilot would say, "This is where things started happening really quickly."

Haha, I could hear it when I read it, hell, I can even see his face :D

[@mister_shiver8862]

"Remember this for later on"

[@RegalCobra097]

I see, you're a man of culture as well.

[@ReadingWithPippa]

Three people founded Colorado Spectrum, and I was one of them. While other yokes were available at the time, they all required a game port and were more expensive. The Mouse Yoke was a great solution for people who didn't want to spend a lot of money and/or people who owned computers that lacked a game port. The fact that the device didn't include buttons was deliberate and often debated. I'm still friends with our tech support guy if you want help adjusting the sensitivity :) And if you want a Mouse Wheel, just let me know. I still have a case of them :) Some context for your younger viewers is that this product came out before the world wide web was a thing. Thanks for creating a great historical documentary about Colorado Spectrum!

[@MykelxMonroe]

That is so cool and I'm glad I found myself interested in the comments.

[@johnstogner6397]

This is horribly good. They could have gone even further giving you foot pedals that mashed a keyboard under your desk. And MARVELOUS job on the basement , amazing.

[@RJ-wx3fh]

In a similar vein, have a plate on sprung feet with an adjustable limit, set it over the keyboard, maybe have a pattern of holes through which you can add a screw directly over the desired keys

[@JohnneyleeRollins]

This has got to be some kind of yoke

[@LuminalSpoon]

5 seconds is a yoke

[@BenDeSwert666]

​@@LuminalSpoononly if you don't know how to handle your shaft.

[@mp9264]

@@LuminalSpoonhey man, it’s not easy having a 10 Inch Shaft

[@bash_maxwell]

It's a total yoke, if you ask me.

[@plan7a]

Egg-cellent!

[@outsdr]

"Yeah, I know my shaft length." **spittake**

[@ToxicKlay]

hearing clint slip one of those into a video is like watching a kid's cartoon and hearing one of those obviously meant for adult jokes lol

[@outsdr]

@@ToxicKlay This video was just chock full of innuendo and double entendre!

[@rommix0]

@@ToxicKlay Yeah like Animaniacs. "Give me the bird!" "We would but the censors won't allow it."

[@artchic528]

Yakko: Good night, Everybody! *blows a kiss*

[@slckb0y65]

i miss when youtube was mostly swearing and dick jokes ;) those were the days

[@zachsilby4569]

I'm gonna preface this by saying that is most definitely a compliment. I often go to sleep watching your videos because it feels like I'm spending the weekend at my uncle's house and he's showing me what he's interested in because I'm also a little into it, and while I wanna learn as much as I can, I can't help but be so comforted by the passion for the interest that I get sleepy.

[@AlphasysNl]

As for the centering problem, I noticed the "recommended setup" tables prominently mentioning setting "Mouse Center". I think they chose Numpad 5 for that. So they definitely were aware of centering problems themselves. But yeah, with this yoke, you'd be slapping that button all the time. Great review as always. Keep it up.

[@titan_dust]

LGR is one of those channels where you don't expect the innuendos, but when it does, it's executed perfectly 😂

[@RT-qd8yl]

_This is not exactly centered down here_

[@a1white]

8:04 😅

[@RyuzakiT4]

7:15 ‘offer good from June, 1 1993 to November 30, 1992’ Nice, using this device you could also get the time flowing backwards!

[@davidesums]

I had to replay that part a few times, haha

[@Gappasaurus]

It’s backwards compatible 😜

[@nafion112]

2:41 My jaw is on the floor. I grew up in Fort Collins. I lived there for 30 years. Around 1995, I got my braces literally next door to that address on Whalers Way, and my dad lived for years on Sandy Cove Ln, literally 100s of feet away!!! ...I kinda fancy myself a flight sim enthusiast, but haven't heard of Colorado Spectrum until today...feels surreal.

[@asoftoday101]

Looked up the address and was shocked to see it was the same building I got teeth pulled at a few years ago. What a small world

[@nafion112]

@@asoftoday101 Small world indeed! I get back to foco once or twice a year...still have family and friends there.

[@chigginheadD]

I've lived in FC since 2002, even work very near there

[@Royaleoake]

Same thing happens to me in these videos but it’s because I grew up in Cupertino and Sunnyvale California, literally Silicon Valley. 😂

[@nafion112]

@@Royaleoake haha, that makes sense. Small world yet again, I lived in Sunnyvale for a couple of years and worked at HP in Cupertino...that all got torn down though and is now the big ring-shaped Apple building.

[@Eendeebo]

I am screaming over the quick identification of the “ten-inch shaft” 😳😳😳😳😳

[@maximilianmorse9697]

Clint is a size queen

[@cannot-handle-handles]

I mean it's a plausible guess that it is a round number of inches, but still impressive.

[@Eendeebo]

@@cannot-handle-handles it was definitely a successful perception check for sure

[@mirkwoodlodge]

Clint knows his shaft length

[@JohnnyBGoode9]

"I know my shaft length."

[@RyanMercer]

Weird. I love and hate it.

[@duckrinium]

Odd even

[@Tailslol]

You imagine? We could have steering wheel with nowday optical mice!

[@BananaTruck.]

No yoke

[@billybollockhead5628]

A 10 inch shaft?

[@Anonymouzor]

"talk about driving the demons back to hell" i lost it at that comment

[@SaifEddineTalbi]

I was eating at that exact moment, and I nearly shared my food with the monitor of my pc.

[@lamptrent]

17:32 for others' convenience

[@dustmighte]

6:04 lmao at the reverb

[@thegeforce6625]

I lost it when that happened

[@compmanio36]

I had to go back and play it again just to make sure I heard right...

[@bestthangever117]

​@@thegeforce6625I hope you find it again.

[@James_Yorkshire]

😂 laughed way too much at this bit! 😂😂

[@soldiersvejk2053]

Naughty

[@adamoune1]

When I was a 14, 15 in 1991 I had a scout master who was a engineer at HP in Fort Collins and he used to bring us over to his office were they had developed a 3D racing game just to put their workstation processors to the test. We were allowed play this game on their top of the line, for the time, workstations the engineers used. Also unbeknownst to us we were also the beta testers for this product developed by former HP engineers who were getting ready to go to market.

[@billbobbingson673]

Thank you for respecting those with food allergies and using egg-free jazz for the intro.

[@ScooterinAB]

Vegan jazz is best for inclusiveness.

[@CptJistuce]

​@@ScooterinABWhat about people that don't eat vegetables?

[@Benjaminamour]

You guys know in the Matrix, when neo is like "I need guns" and a vast armory appears filled with shelves of guns? Yea thats what LGR just did when he went to his basement but instead it was filled with old PC equipment.

[@pmcmateus]

"I know my shaft length"

[@cannot-handle-handles]

And a bit later: "Dirty shafts and balls." 8:00

[@zispinhoff0011]

What a coincidence! I was just reminiscing about his very thing! It worked like a champ when it worked. Our time with it ended when the turn wheel on the desk clamp broke off. No amount of super glue withstood the torque needed to fix it. I still have the plastic yoke bars. Thanks so much for covering this one, Clint!

[@viktur34]

The centering, and front clearance issues seems like they could both be instantly solved with two wide rubber bands wrapped around the shaft a couple times, one in the front to act as a bumper and one in the back to act as a limiter. Would also be adjustable to every game for its specific window of control along the shaft.

[@RavnusLock]

I love how the crab ended up becoming the LGR mascot

[@basshead.]

LTT too.

[@volvo09]

​@@basshead. When did they start using that crab? I don't really watch them

[@basshead.]

@@volvo09 When they test speakers.

[@cargo_vroom9729]

Sure you can put a yoke on a mouse, but it's not going to be able to pull very much.

[@philstephes]

A few cheese wedges at most

[@quackman]

Pulls its own weight?

[@user-po9pv7rw1g]

hitting pause a few seconds in because i just wanted to say thank you so much for adding captions when you upload--it makes the experience so much better than autocraptions. your effort is appreciated! okay, back to the video!

[@user-po9pv7rw1g]

"newwww yaaahk cityyy..." are you a jackie daytona fan, clint? 😂

[@JoshuaSolanes]

Some spacers (and a stop on the far end of the shaft) and some wireless buttons and this seems like a potentially pretty cool solution

[@joshuahadams]

Something like a bike brake cable connecting the yolk to something that can press your mouse buttons would probably work.

[@tuxrug]

Maybe foot pedals on string to press the mouse button, and a mousepad-like fabric sleeve on the rod to improve tracking...?

[@mechadeka]

While we're at it, we could remove the mouse and replace it with some potentiometers.

[@MattTester]

The end spacer could also limit the rotation, not that it would do anything for the centering.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@mechadeka Now, now, let's not be hasty with the practical suggestions.

[@IRWPD]

Those 3D printed Duke busts in the background look awesome.

[@Lauty3590]

15:37 Holy shit, it's Laszlo! I never knew you were a What We Do in the Shadows enjoyer HAHAH

[@moisesreyesproductions]

he actually did a good impression

[@mrchirp]

Those LHX sounds bring back some memories of 486dx greatness

[@Syrinx11]

Your storage space looks amazing! The distinction between a hoarder and a collector must be organization!

[@smcilia]

Clint just jamming that shaft into the base of the unit...

[@world_still_spins]

When the airplane needs extra thrust.

[@azraelle6232]

...repeatedly

[@superstarichiban]

I love this channel. There is no limit to the odd-ness of 90's PC accessories, so thank you, Clint! So realistic. 😂

[@ScooterinAB]

I'd love to see some ridiculous PC accessory Tower of Power-type setup. How many weird gimmick accessories can you have on one setup?

[@superstarichiban]

@ScooterinAB agreed! The true answer is never enough lol

[@emmabentley7945]

As a flight sim developer I find videos like this fascinating, really interesting to see how things were, compared to now with honeycomb yokes and custom MCPs! ❤ amazing Video Clint!

[@MayaPosch]

Getting some matte texture on the shaft (har~) might make it work pretty well with an optical mouse, but you'd likely still run into centering issues. Mice in general aren't very good at that, after all.

[@jansenart0]

I loved the little double-sided-tape-on-the-numpad-joystick thing, I always wanted one but never had one when it would've been relevant. This thing? I would've lost my shit for if I'd known about it back in the day.

[@CHIPCORNFIELD]

I love you Clint my man. U made my life so much better the past like 8 years

[@ElShotte]

11:05 - "That up and down sensitivity is nuts" To be fair, lots of games had separate mouse sensitivity values for X and Y.

[@cathrinelord]

when you talked about going to see how the mouse infestation in your basement, I was really hoping the one you'd pick would be in a mouse trap, haha.

[@DGFig]

Gotta love a dude who knows his shaft length.

[@xnamkcor]

If you're worried about a clamp hurting a surface, just put a piece of wood between the twisty part and the surface you want to protect. The force will be spread across the piece of wood.

[@trevypoos]

I love the Matt Berry reference at about 16 minutes

[@koffeekage]

This reminds me of those “mouse for console” devices that people used for the ps3 to try and play the pc ports like it was on pc.

[@bigbeast103]

The Cronus. They never worked right.

[@joshuahadams]

Now a lot of newer games just come with support for regular mouse & keyboard over USB. Call of Duty & Halo come to mind immediately, and games where you _need_ a good cursor like Cities: Skylines and Jurassic World: Evolution 2 support it, too.

[@RaptureWillRiseAgain]

I remember having this back in the 90s as a kid! Not perfect, but worked surprisingly well for what it was. This was fun to revisit, thanks Clint

[@Roxor128]

It never ceases to amaze me at the ingenuity in the things that Clint manages to find for Oddware. It's definitely odd, but a lot of the time it's also pretty damn clever, too.

[@MrVexedviper]

Isn't that what they use in a Tesla?

[@jasepoag8930]

"It's a pretty lengthy shaft...10 inches" Wait, did one of my other tabs start playing?

[@ragedump]

Clint you are having way too much fun with the innuendos and suggestive sound effects, lol

[@gustiwidyanta5492]

"SSPS" Dont take that out of context lol

[@jamesrguk]

You have to admire the genius simplicity of this product. With today's tech you could add a simple 3D printed collar to prevent it pushing too close to the desk, and with addition of an 'L' shaped arm at 12 o'clock onto the collar you could also limit the clockwise/anti clockwise motion. Great peice if oddware and great video as always 👍

[@gregahitchcock1982]

Your basement shelf / drawer / shelf game is the utopian dream of horder's the world over.

[@batterybuilding]

The difference between a hoarder and a collector is organization. 😅

[@TheTonie4]

6:40 onwards is why I love this channel lol Also the thounk of the shaft coming out was so satisfying

[@Ragesauce]

Dang that's actually pretty innovative, if only track ball mice worked better this would have been genius back then!

[@FranklyPeetoons]

The reverb after the mouse strap FLAP. 6:04. This is the masterful kind of post-production that separates the men from the boys in KZbin-land (jokes about crowbars are NOT appreciated).

[@zehalmeida]

Oh the innuendo and jokes here are killing me, thank you for the laughs!

[@vcprado]

don't you mean the yokes?

[@thecodex0994]

I love the fact you have draws full of old mice. On the hitting your hand on the desk issue. I guess you could add a couple of rubber washer to make a bump stop

[@beez1717]

The issue is that with a mouse you're expected to be able to recenter it by lifting it up and placing it back down, and with the yoke you can't do that effectively.

[@EvanAdnams]

That would be why the manual had a list of “re-centering” hotkeys for various games.

[@EkiToji]

Somehow I'd completely forgotten about Stunts but even just the very first scene of you playing it brought back all sorts of memories of playing that game for way too much and designing all sorts of crazy tracks.

[@alariciii4963]

This reminds me of an attachment for the ps1 controller that turned the d-pad to a stick. It was held on by rubber bands. Worked surprisingly well.

[@KäptnKrückschwank]

When you rummaged through your mice drawer, the IBM mouse gave me serious nostalgia. That was my first ever PC mouse

[@retroandgaming]

"Mouse infestation in the basement" indeed! Nice collection:)

[@thetechsavvy01]

That definitely is a nice gadget that I would surely have bought back then. Good find, LGR!

[@moonwolfv671]

Stunts will probably always be my favourite driving game. Wish they'd remake it, simply with up to date graphics and sound but nothing more.

[@airborneace]

Can I just say that i freaking love 1990s software box art? Seriously, I should start an online gallery

[@TomBudin]

"I know my shaft length" LMAO i love you LGR

[@sonidojamon]

6:05

[@justinpakarno4346]

LGR has a shelf of 3d printers all making Duke busts 24/7

[@brandonakey6616]

I don't often laugh out loud while alone watching KZbin video's but the "I know my shaft length" got me.

[@mingohagen]

I played MS Flight Simulator 4.0 on a Power Macintosh 6100 using this thing and I really liked it, but using the centering key (I think it was num pad 5) was essential.

[@jothain]

Oh FS had centering button, I didn't even know. Actually just commented that this solution definitely needs somekind of centering button solution and if there were actual visual reference to how far you're on in ie. X-axis this kind of solution could work quite well tbh.

[@mingohagen]

@@jothain it has visual indicators on the dashboard as well yeah. I think the centering was only for the roll, but that worked well enough for this device. So well in fact that I landed my cessna on the first try :)

[@jothain]

@@mingohagen Cool, then I'd assume learning curve and feel to be good enough for the era. Plus to be honest most joysticks back then weren't great either. Well at least ones I could get my hands.

[@stevebollinger3463]

Num pad 5 is mentioned prominently in the manual when he is leafing through it. I guess Clint ignored it. It gives the mouse recenter key for each compatible game. Seemed like a big tip off keeping center was going to be iffy.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

Not gonna lie, when I realized how this yoke worked (obviously turning and pulling/pushing the yoke rolls it against the mouse's rollerball), I thought, 'That is clever!" Of course, I immediately considered that this is cheap aluminum and plastic we're dealing with here, so the yoke likely won't feel anything like a solidly built joystick or other kinds of controllers.

[@TheMalMeninga]

4:38 Holy WordArt, Batman!

[@JLabong]

The shaft length bit made me lol. Fun video as always Clint!

[@JohnKiniston]

Maybe you could add some sort of ring to the base of the shaft, to restrict the possible travel.

[@LGR]

Some kind of… shaft ring, yes. I think I know a store that sells such accessories 🍎

[@NaoPb]

Thanks for showing your basement, it has given me some inspiration for my storage. As for the yoke, maybe you could use a piece of slightly larger pipe as a spacer for the shaft. Or a bunch of washers. And maybe one of those black with metal paper stack keeper together things at the end to stop it from coming out?

[@jordanhass]

Clint doing the lazlow impression of "NEW YORK CITY" is fun

[@pacothelama887]

Love that someone else caught that

[@georgeoldsterd8994]

He also did a 9/11 reenactment, but that didn't make the cut.

[@DonPeteFPS]

You just might be the most devious oddware reviewer in *NEW YORK CITY*

[@glenncaughey5044]

The epic snapping of the elastic 😂

[@MrWolfSnack]

You should try sliding rubber O-rings over the back and front end of the shaft to stop it from pulling totally out of the holder and that would help keep it centered. Also get some adhesive glue dots that are strong and stick the mouse in place, centered as well, to stop it from sliding around in the cradle.

[@smugshrug]

"I know my shaft length" -LGR

[@DeLorean4]

This is a seriously elegant design. I love it. Some sort of pass-through for the mouse cable to transmit a "center" position to re-calibrate on the fly (no pun intended) would have been great, but would have brought the price closer to a real controller.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

I could imagine playing FS with this on the Atari, as it didnt have analogue joystick support (iirc). Far from optimal, but more immersive than pushing the mouse around.

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

I'm impressed the optical mouse worked. Neat video.

[@sluxi]

Professional driver in a closed circuit indeed

[@dinitroacetylen]

Behold professionalism in crashing!

[@devjock]

This was delightfully chaotic. Thanks Clint, i needed this today :D

[@slckb0y65]

6:42 "that's a pretty lenghty shaft ... what is that, 10 inches ??" - LGR 2024

[@bananieldiamonds1921]

6:04 what a fantastic sound

[@TravisWalden]

7:13 "Offer good from June 1, 1993 to November 30, 1992"... wait what?

[@ladyjaye27]

I noticed that too! Time works backwards in Colorado?

[@philstephes]

​@@ladyjaye27Gotta be lingering effects from the Stargate.

[@AdlerDanEgoe]

Very funny episode, and you're looking good. Thanks, Clint.

[@Sythemn]

Me: "Seems like a good idea" Gets to the part about the centering. "ooooooh.... nvm"

[@_B_K_]

Pretty clever design.

[@theoldar]

New Yawk Citeee? I sense a "What We Do in the Shadows" fan.

[@Audiobungalow]

Also could be a Pace Picante fan

[@SkiBumMSP]

This brings back some memories. I had the Mouse Wheel and remember playing the original F1 Grand Prix Racing game with it. It did work, but took a lot of tweaking. I did see another comment about using stops and such, and I actually did that by getting some rubber washers/O-rings from the hardware store that fit tightly around the shaft. I honestly don't recall if I still have it or if I ended up giving it away/selling it at a computer swap meet back when those were still a thing. I'll have to look in my own basement storage and see if I can find it.

[@danielmarcus420]

Happy Fri yayyyyyyyyy, Clint!!

[@erikt211]

That slap at 6:04 was hilariously unexpected, I died laughing LOL

[@oddgod8005]

6:50 glad to hear clint

[@TsunamiSephi]

I’ve never seen Stunts or Race Drivin’ for that matter run at this framerate. Ever. Ever ever… Are you a wizard?????

[@swimmerboy172]

Little did I know how much I needed LGR to talk about rods, shaft, and balls. And now I know how long LGR’s shaft is. Tape measure proven.

[@СусаннаСергеевна]

I was going to use one of these to control my DIY submarine, but having watched this review I may reconsider and use my Power Glove instead.

[@umbrellacorp.]

I love the 80's and 90's. That's a piece of history right there.☺️

[@the_kombinator]

It's a piece of garbage lol - just because something was sold at that time doesn't make it good. There's a reason there's not a lot of early 90s GM cars running around today - they,like this thing, were crap.

[@fus132]

@@the_kombinator Bro it works better that some joysticks sold _today_

[@the_kombinator]

@@fus132 Which ones? Seriously, I'm not up to snuff, I have retro gear all over my house, and I think the newest controller I have is a Gravis Gamepad from 1997.

[@alikos4528]

no need to be oversentimental about something that was a cheap and unreliable junk even when it came out, if it coundn't achieve at least getting centered after a maneuver then it was destined to fail

[@volvo09]

​@@alikos4528 yeah this is junk, like one of those late 80's "driving simulator" toys you'd get as a present that just rolled a 4" tube around with a light bulb inside to project a road on a "screen"... the fun lasted for 2 minutes because it took 30 seconds to realize it was the 10 seconds loop of road. There was so much worthless trash then, and this is one of them... The problems Clint had today are no different than how bad it would have been back in the day, just unusably bad.

[@Bren0780K]

This definitely fulfils the criteria of "oddware"

[@MeanderBot]

I keep reading the title as "Mouse Yokai" and I like that product more

[@LonelySpaceDetective]

I don't think any computer mouses are old enough to become tsukumogami, unfortunately.

[@kfhewui152]

7:12 "Offer good from June 1, 1993 to November 30, 1992"