Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:72526 comp.sys.amiga.games:2520 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!isis!bscott From: bscott@isis.cs.du.edu (Ben Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Joysticks Summary: the Amiga Powerstick! Keywords: Amiga joystick Message-ID: <1990Nov25.095822.27226@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 25 Nov 90 09:58:22 GMT References: <36959@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: bscott@isis.UUCP (Ben Scott) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games Organization: The Raster Image Lines: 30 In article <36959@nigel.ee.udel.edu> fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: >I still have my AMIGA PowerStick from '83 (back when they made joysticks (as >well as the Legendary Power Board, the TRUE source of the GURU) and it >still works! Great little stick; wish that SOMEONE would bring them back out. Yes, I agree - my Amiga Powerstick (which is a little too worn out to use after 7 years!) is unquestionably the best joystick I've ever seen. Small enough to use with one hand if necessary, yet strong. Sensitive, but durable. Comfortable to use, and inexpensive. They don't make 'em like that any more. It was the only stick which held up to my style of playing Space Taxi and Raid on Bungling Bay on the 64... Of course, when I first heard that Amiga was coming out with a computer, I thought "Wait a minute, Amiga makes JOYSTICKS - isn't this a bit like Schwinn building a car here?". I'm glad I was proven so wrong... I've seen Joyboards for sale at used equipment stores but never have I found another Powerstick. What are the chances of some company finding out who (if anyone) has the rights to this design and re-releasing it? Probably zero, but one can always hope. Please note the Followup-to line, also. . <<<>>> -- |Ben Scott, professional goof-off and consultant at The Raster Image, Denver| |FIDO point address 1:104/421.2, bscott@isis.cs.du.edu, or BBS (303)424-9831| |"Spent 4 hours burying the cat!" "Four || The Raster Image IS responsible | | hours?!?" "It wouldn't keep still..." || for everything I say! | *Amiga* |