Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!nosc!crash!pro-graphics.cts.com!pierre From: pierre@pro-graphics.cts.com (Peter Altamore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Joydeath Message-ID: <1433@crash.cts.com> Date: 11 Feb 90 02:56:08 GMT Sender: root@crash.cts.com Lines: 29 It seems that my 2000 has suffered an injury. A few weeks ago I was flying F18 when my plane began to roll to the right as if I was pushing the joystick to the right (even though I wasn't). Even with an uncontrollable F18 and 3 Migs in my tail I was still able to kill 2 of the Migs with those wonderful Sparrows and bail out. I disassembled the joystick and found that one of the switches had failed and possibly shorted, so I tossed it aside and haven't played a game since (I mostly do animations and painting on my Amy). Just the other day I cranked up F18 for another flight when whadda you know? The plane iss still rolling! Even with NO joystick or keyboard plugged in! I tried a few other games that use joy2 and they all exhibit this behavior. It seems like something has gone amiss inside the Amiga that's making it think that joystick 2 is always pushed to the right. What could cause this? I think I fried something.. and the *REALLY* weird thing is that the joystick that broke on me was wireless! It's a Camerica Infrared Freedom Stick. Any takers on this? Please? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!pierre DDN/ARPA: crash!pro-graphics!pierre@nosc.mil INTERNET: pierre@pro-graphics.cts.com PROLINE: pierre@pro-graphics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!pierre DDN/ARPA: crash!pro-graphics!pierre@nosc.mil INTERNET: pierre@pro-graphics.cts.com PROLINE: pierre@pro-graphics ----------------------------------------------------------------------------