Control device: Joystick

Manufacturer: unknown

Model: MSX.AD 09.62

Year: 80s

 

Controlled device: Travel Clock

Manufacturer: Casio

Model: DQ 550

Year: 80s

 

Hard-wired year: 2003

Serial number: HWD-C-01

Collection: Control

Dimensions: 40x40x16 cm

Cable: 67 cm

Power: 1.5v AA battery x2

 

Joystick forward: Alarm set up/off

Joystick backward: Time set up Left

base button: Change hours Right

base button: Change minutes Top

stick button: Change hours Front

stick button: Change minutes

 

This classic travel alarm clock from the 80s from Casio is hard-wired to a unbranded joystick which controls its funtionallities. Although there is no brand on the joystick, the shape of the stick is the same as the ones manufactured by spanish company MHT Ingenieros in the 90ies, precicsely the Zero-Zero Winner model. Alarm and time can be set up moving the joystick. This is the first Hard-wired device I built back in 2003 and It was not untill 2010 that I realised that the stick and the base are not build correctly, buttons should be facing the front side.