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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Joystick Question
Message-ID: <1352@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jul 89 03:57:35 GMT
References: <4535@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <4535@crash.cts.com>, by spierce@pnet01.cts.com (Stuart Pierce):
> Here's a related question.  IBM-type joysticks always have a 2nd fire button. 
> The only Amiga game I have that supports a 2nd fire button is StarRay -- a
> Defender clone.  The documentation says that 'the second (right) one is
> connected just like the right mouse button, thus between Pin 8 (earth) and Pin
> 9 of the joystick connector'.  Would the Gravis (or similar) controller give
> me the 2nd fire button I want?
> Stuart W. Pierce

You can add R-Type to the (short!) list of games that support a two
button joystick. It uses the second button to control the eject/attach
of the weapons pod.

My two button joystick is a Wico bat-handle that I've hacked up. With a
perfectly good second button going to waste, I figured something should
be done about it! I added half a Radio Shack joystick extension cord to
get the extra wire needed for the second button, and rewired the insides
so that the handle button is 0 and the base button is 1. But I also
wired it so that the "base/stick" switch swaps button 0 to the base and
button 1 to the handle. (Like I said, a perfectly good switch going to
waste. :-)

Oh, and to the first question you posed: Nope, an analog stick will work
only with games written specifically for an analog stick. My impression
from the Amiga World article was that Gravis is selling a digital
model.
-- 
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