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- From: ptran@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Phat H Tran)
- Subject: Re: Joystick Recommendations
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <C0o5tG.DEw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:59:08 GMT
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- In article <C0o5tG.DEw@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mbaden@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Matthew L Baden) writes:
- >
- >I'll be getting a Gateway 2000 4DX2-66V sometime soon with either a
- >Gravis Ultrasound or an SB-Pro II and I'm looking for joystick recommendations.
- >
- >Is there any joystick which stands out among others?
- >
-
- For arcade games, I recommend the Gravis Gamepad. For flight sims, I use
- the CH Flightstick, and it works very well for me. I'm not enough of
- an armchair pilot to go out and get the more pricy Thrustmaster products.
-
- >What about flight sticks and throttle controls? Do they work well?
- >
-
- The throttle on the CH Flightstick is notchy and loose, but it does
- the job.
-
- >Do most joysticks work well on a 66MHz machine?
- >
-
- A lot of it depends on the game port. However, to be safe, you should
- get a joystick with "wide" enough trims to allow you a large calibration
- box. The Gamepad is trimless, and the CH Flightstick has trims with
- good range.
-
- Phat.
-