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From: robin@sabre.austin.ibm.com (Robin D. Wilson/1000000)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Analog joysticks (was Re: Amiga joysticks)
Keywords: Analog Joysticks
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Date: 31 May 90 13:47:31 GMT
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In article <1990May30.172116.5685@dg-rtp.dg.com> poirier@ellerbe.dg.com (  Poirier local) writes:
>Perhaps all the Gurus were out balancing on their Amiga Joyboards when
>I asked this the first time, as I got no response to the question:
>
>Is it possible, via some to-be-designed input-munging software, to
>more-or-less transparently use an ordinary analog joystick as a programmable
>joystick or mouse, in the tradition (though not the same implementation)
>of the Gravis Mousestick (TM)?

Rather than do it in the software, what would really be nice is a programmable
device similar to the mousestick, that allows either the IBM style analog
joysticks or the Apple style to be plugged into it, and have it plugged into
the mouse port.  That way we could use some of those really great IBM/APPLE
joysticks, on any software we chose (not just the stuff supported by the 
O/S -- since a software "mung" would require that the games "that take over
the machine" be munged as well).

Just a thought.


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