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- In article <4eo1r0$dl0@odin.diku.dk> maze@diku.dk (Mads Haahr) writes:
- > bharvey@mhaug.uumh.ab.ca (Bill Harvey) writes:
- >
- > >my mouse is on the way out (microswitch) can I use any mouse ie one for a PC
- > >or has it got to be an Amiga only,
- >
- > It has to be an Amiga mouse. I think it is possible to convert a PC
- > mouse so it can be used with an Amiga, but you'll need to do some
- > hardware hacking.
-
- Only a bus mouse, but they are expensive and hard to find unless you have
- an old one. A serial mouse can also be used on the serial port with
- SerMouse or other driver, but it's a waste. Atari mice usually work on an
- Amiga.
-
- > >while I'm at it the same goes for Joysticks.
- >
- > Amiga uses digital joysticks (with microswitches or copper plates)
- > whereas PCs use analogue joysticks (with meters). In short, you can't
- > use a PC joystick in an Amiga port.
-
- Wrong, an analogue joystick will work _very_ well on an Amiga port, it's
- just that most games (except for some flight sims) don't build in support
- for them. Pity, cause they are far superior, and all it takes is a little
- better design and a few extra code modules which would be reuseable.
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