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From:Jonathan Hart
Date:4 May 2000 at 20:18:43
Subject:Re: Now thats what i call joysticks

Hello Bill

On 03-May-00, you wrote:

> I am not sure if it is the same, but I had a black joystick with my old
> C64. Like the one you mention it did not have micro switches but a shaped
> piece of metal that got pushed onto contacts depending on the joystick
> position. It broke but I was able to cut out a similar shaped item from
> the bottom of a baked beans can, not the most high tech of solutions but
> it worked just as well as the original one did :o)

A baked bean connected by string to the joystick port would have been as
effective.

Add speech recognition to your C64! :)

Regards



Jonathan Hart


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