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From: psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: atari/coleco joystick with ibm game port?
Summary: no way
Message-ID: <4876@pegasus.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 90 05:48:33 GMT
References: <6633@vax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: psrc@mtunq.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <6633@vax1.acs.udel.EDU> pricked@vax1.udel.edu (Jenn-Ming Yang) writes:
>I was wondering if its possible to use an atri 2600 joystick with
>an ibm pc game port jack?

No.  The Atari 2600 joystick has a few (four?) switches, and only nine
positions, including straight up.  The Apple and IBM joysticks are
analog; they indicate a range of values in each direction.

>or better yet, a coleco-vision joystick?

Dunno.

>pricked@vax1.acs.udel.edu (or pricked@192.5.57.1, pricked@192.5.57.129)

Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.