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From: eric@chronon.UUCP (Eric Black)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: I'll try again
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Date: Wed, 26-Mar-86 13:30:46 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 26 13:30:46 1986
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>>Is it true that any joystick that works with the Commodore 64 will 
>>work with the Amiga?
>
>I presume so.  Did you know that Amiga started out making joysticks?
>I believe the pinouts and operations match those of the Atari 2600
>home game system also.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>Lee
>
>Your welcome.  
>Bruce Barrett

I'm using the joystick from my Atari 2600 (VCS), and it works fine.
I've seen them in surplus places (e.g. Halted Specialties in Sunnyvale)
for anything from $0.50 needing repair to $4.00 working.
-- 
Eric Black   "Garbage In, Gospel Out"
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