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From: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: adb devices
Message-ID: <2219@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 5 May 89 15:09:03 GMT
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Reply-To: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <8905040042.aa01956@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> STEVENS@SENECA.BITNET writes:
>...someone was askin about the joystick Pots. they were wondering if a
>person could substitute 100k ohm Pots for 150k ohm (standard). well My Joystick
>has exactly that. EXCEPT that they add 50k ohms to the High lead. that makes
>the Joystick toooo sensative in my opinion! one must remember that the pots
>are "Logarythmic" pots. (ie: non linear) However i think that the idea has
>Possibilities for gimiking the games for FAST GS's. HOWEVER wouldn't it be
>easier to adjust the speed from the Control panel? I have experimented with
>some of my good 'ol ][, //e games on a friends GS and I found no probs. But i
>guess that gs owners would be better quallified to finish this for me. SO
>take it away //gs owners! TA DA!

(Dave gets ready for another one of his, "When I was a youth in Taiwan..."
stories)

When I was back in Taiwan, using those cloned Apple II, they sold knock-offs
of the Mach III joystick (the old, old one).  These used non-linear 100Kohm
pots, and boy did they suck!  The joystick was, as Steve notes, WAY to
sensitive, and the upper range was all crammed together.  

It would be nice if one could play Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Simulator
on high speed without having to recalibrate the joystick.  It's definitely
better fast!

Dave Seah (dseah@wpi.wpi.edu, dseah@wpi.bitnet);