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From: dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Joysticks
Summary: Be patient, help is on the way
Keywords: Analog
Message-ID: <1375@fbog.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 88 22:30:36 GMT
References: <941@hub.ucsb.edu> <4@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>
Reply-To: dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG)
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In article <4@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU> cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.edu.UUCP (John Schultz) writes:
>In article <941@hub.ucsb.edu> dougp@sbphy.ucsb.edu writes:
>>Is there any software support in 1.3 for analogue joysticks?
>>
>>                            Douglas Peale
>
[ much trimmed about Space spuds and Pot values]
>
>  John
> 

As a response to a challenge issued to me over the net in a previous flame
war ( you remember, don't you :-)), I decided to write an article about
adapting IBM or Apple analog joysticks to be used on the Amiga.  I designed
an extremely low parts count adapter board last Sunday, bought a joystick
on Monday, and will be building the board Wednesday night.  It will adapt
the controller to work exactly like a 490K pot joystick, but without
modifying the controller (in case you would like to plug it into one of 
those "other" machines).  I will also be writing some example code to
include in the article to demonstrate proper interfacing to the joyport.
Look for this to be published in some magazine, but I'm not sure how to
go about this part of it (perhaps someone who has done this would like
to email me some advice).

DBK


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