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- From: marc@cxr_rs6000.med.ge.com (Marc Wolfgram)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Woz //gs's
- Message-ID: <9208131704.AA05224@cxr_rs6000>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 17:04:02 GMT
- Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
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- Organization: The Internet
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- Jeff Woods said:
- >Any IBM compatable joystick should work fine with an Apple ][.
-
- WRONG ANSWER! Suncom made a nice joystick designed for use on both Apple II
- and IBM PC boxes. The cable had 3 connectors: Apple 16pin DIP, Apple 9pin D,
- and the IBM funny joystick connector. The joystick ALSO has a slide switch
- on the bottom labled Apple/IBM. My 3 year old (who amazingly has lived to be
- 7) was having fun rolling marbles over the cliffs in Marble Madness and after
- tiring of that, discovered the switch... IBM mode will blow the buffer of the
- joystick port without fail!
-
- Marc
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