Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!atari!towns
From: towns@atari.UUCP (John Townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Problem w/ certain joysticks on ST's
Message-ID: <1106@atari.UUCP>
Date: 6 Aug 88 02:29:27 GMT
References: <2883@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA
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in article <2883@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>, pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) says:

> If Atari can't make their own joysticks right, it's not surprising that the
> 3rd-party people have problems.  (Admittedly, mine was the stick from an
> Atari 8-bit machine -- don't know about them but maybe they make use of the
> slightly different connection.)

Please, let's get the facts right here. The Proline joystick is made by
Atari, however it is designed exclusively for use on the 7800 ProSystem.
The extra joystick lines are used for a second trigger button and will
confuse the ST's keyboard controller.

Just wanted to clear the matter up...

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John Townsend
Technical Support, Atari Corporation
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