Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict
From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Joysticks (Wico Joysticks, I *like* em!)
Summary: A *real* testamonial.
Keywords: the good the bad and the ugly
Message-ID: <1012@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 88 16:45:36 GMT
References: <890@esunix.UUCP> <9808@g.ms.uky.edu>
Organization: a flat near the Montrose, Houston, Tx.
Lines: 20

In article <9808@g.ms.uky.edu>, sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
> In article <890@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
> >Enough bad news. Buy a Wico if you want a good joystick. The red and
> >black bat-handle is about $20, and is indestructable, you just can't

> I have to second this. I bought a pair of these (Command Control is the model
> name) about 16 months ago. I swear, the thing is a tank. I've had berzerk


I got my Wico 5, count 'em, 5 *years* ago while running a computer/wargame
store.  The only thing I've had to do is clean the contacts once or
twice.

Our store joystick was used for short games of tug of war, slingshot
demonstrations ("Look, I hit the Darth Vader poster at the back of
the shop.") and roach killing along with being a normal joystick.
-- 
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