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From: alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: Help with making a joystick compatible.
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Date: 8 Apr 91 04:18:43 GMT
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In article <14219@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>	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.

Actually, I converted an Atari-compatible joystick so it would work.
It required a new plug (you need a female connector; Atari uses a male
connector), a few resistors, and a pushbutton (if you want both
firebuttons).  The ROM routines to read the joystick work properly,
but some games (Aliens, for example) try to access the joystick
hardware directly and don't do too good a job of it.  (Trying to move
the joystick down and/or to the right in these games doesn't work.)

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