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- From: al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Using Apple/Atari joysticks w/ IBM
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 04:38:49 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan6.004400.28069@wam.umd.edu>
- Reply-To: al885@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone)
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- In a previous article, mary@wam.umd.edu (Mary Louise Cassidy) says:
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- >Also, has anyone ever wired a digital Atari-type stick to an IBM?? I made
- >a connector for my Amiga (digital stick) that uses my IBM stick in
- >flight games that support the option. But can it go vice-versa??? I
- >think it can as the newish gamepads for IBM (Gravis, Suncom) claim
- >to be just 8-way digital controllers.....so....anyone know??????? I
- >REALLY want to know this one. Amiga games are now supporting 2-button
- >Genesis-style sticks (finally)...and if I could use it on my IBM
- >WITHOUT special software..it'd be great! Also, is the Gravis GamePad
- >really digital?? Will it work with everything or does it need
- >sotware support (I've noticed the option in Wolf 3D)??
- >
- >Thanx alot!!!
- >
- >
- Yes, I just did tonight....
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- I converted (and I do mean CONVERTED) a joystick for the NEC PC Engine
- (although the fact it was a TG 16 stick was really of no significance).
- The key to this conversion was the type of microswitches inside. These
- were rocker type with a NC, NO and COM connection.
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- However, the ones inside were only set up for NO, so I had to take the
- switch apart and move the plastic blank around with the metal contact.
- It's kinda hard to explain...I might write up docs, but this is
- NOT a project for the "weekend warrior"...you'd bnetter be good with
- your hands and a solidering iron.
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- BTW, it works great with games like IVAN IRONMAN's OFF ROAD RACING, which
- is totally UNPLAYABLE with an analog joystick.
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- Also, I tried it sucessfully with a pretty unknown joystick. I'd like to
- try it with an EPYX (the Atari EPYX stick would do, but I'd like to try it
- with a model with two buttons). If you would like me to give it a
- shot and send me the neccesary parts, I'll TRY to do it for free.
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- PS. I saw a digital joystick at a computer store for the IBM. However,
- I only paid $13 for the whole thing, this sucker was $40+....
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