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- From: Philip Chung <ee95pyc@brunel.ac.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Analog Joystick on Amiga?
- Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 18:13:44 +0100
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Job Hanssen wrote:
- >
- > Is it possible to use a standard analog joystick for PC (15p gameport
- > connector) with an Amiga?
- >
- > If so, what would the adaptor-cable look like?
- >
- > Would I need a driver to use it?
-
- Yep, the joystick just needs rewiring from the 15-pin PC plug to a 9-pin
- Amiga plug. The adapter would have a 15-pin socket at one end and a
- 9-pin plug on the other. No driver is needed as programs which support
- analogue joysticks have the code to drive them (mostly games).
-
- >
- > Thanks,
- >
- > Job Hanssen - hanssen@bart.nl
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