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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Help with making a joystick compatible.
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Date: 7 Apr 91 09:27:43 GMT
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In article <20225@brahms.udel.edu> sharris@brahms.udel.edu (Scott A Harris) writes:
>Does anyone have a schematic (sp?) of either of the two joystick ports
>on the GS.  I am trying to save some money and not directly buy one 
>but instead convert one to the GS.  Thanks in advance.

	I presume you already know this, but just in case you don't...

	You need an analog joystick for the Apple II series.. That is,
you can't convert an Atari (2600 type.. has only one button anyway) or
Amiga type joystick.

	You could probably make one from 'scratch' with a couple of
potentiometers, but it sounds like a pain in the butt..

	I have thought of that though.. Make a joystick and a couple buttons
beside the joystick in a slab of wood or something... Get the 
expensive ($7 each) arcade-type pushbuttons that I've heard about on other
newsgroups. Wouldn't that be cool to have an arcade-type joystick on your
computer?? So you wouldn't have to hold it in your hand, you could play
it like an arcade game..

	Alas, there aren't many games on the GS that would benefit from
this, so... (Maybe Xenocide and the newest shareware Greenestone game)
A good GS  Robotron or Smash TV would be nice to play!! heh.
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