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From: dca@kesmai.COM (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Analog Joysticks
Keywords: Analog, Joystick, Full-range
Message-ID: <201@kesmai.COM>
Date: 11 Nov 88 08:50:26 GMT
References: <1384@fbog.UUCP> <7@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>
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Organization: Kesmai Corporation, Charlottesville, VA
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In article <7@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU>, cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz) writes:
> Dave Albrecht (sp?) who is now supporting analog joysticks in his
> game (Air Battle?).  Thanks Dave for the clues to the correct cap
> values.
You got the name right, the game is called Air Warrior.  It's a multi-player
air1 combat simulation based on WW II aircraft that runs across the GEnie
network service.  Glad to be of help.
> 
>   As soon as completed, we'll make the ajoystick.lib available to
> everyone.  If enough developers are willing to support analog
> joysticks, we'll look into mass-marketing the adaptor.
Please do, making adaptor cables is a major pain and it's kind of amazing
no one has produced such an item so far.  I suppose it must be a chicken
and egg problem.
> We also wired up an Apple // joystick, but the
> button polarity is reversed (or maybe we hosed it up taking it apart
> so many times; it'll probably work).
> 
No, you are correct.  The joystick I used would emulate an IBM style or an
Apple style and the Apple style when you depress the fire button shorts
to the +5 while the IBM shorts to ground.  You'd have to rewire an Apple
joystick to change this behavior to make it work.

David Albrecht