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From: isaac@gethen.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Using a Joystick instead of a Mouse
Summary: A joystick cannot replace a mouse.
Keywords: Laptop
Message-ID: <1129@gethen.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 88 03:23:23 GMT
References: <6069@chinet.UUCP>
Organization: There's Unix there in Oakland
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In article <6069@chinet.UUCP>, edlee@chinet.UUCP (Edward Lee) writes:
> 
>   Have any of you plugged an Atari joystick into the serial port and used it
>   instead of a mouse?  Doing so would make playing some games easier.
I've no doubt it can be done, but my advice is, Forget it!  In
mouse-oriented applications you need to have the cursor on *just* the
right spot for a fraction of second while you press the button.
Painfully difficult with a joystick, especially at the edge of the
screen.  I speak from experience:  I used to have an Apple II, and tried
to run a couple of programs (Chipwits and Sundog) that were originally
designed to be used with a mouse but adapted for the joystick in the
Apple II versions.  *Quite* painful.