Re: Joystick Needs for //GS !

[russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)]

In article <3A121398.7AE51CB1@srv.net>, frankc  <frankc@srv.net> wrote:
}Okay, I have looked at what it takes to convert a PC joystick
}to an Apple II joystick.  I have found it to be suprisingly
}simple.  I have seen some web sites that discuss using
}capacitors, resistors, etc...  The problem is some of these
}tend to lose functionality if you do this.  So I pulled apart
}a joystick that has both a PC connector and an Apple II (9
}pin) connector and found that the only thing that is being
}converted is the digital side, the buttons.

IIRC, the main difference between Apple II and PC joysticks is that
Apple II joysticks use 150ohm potentiometers and PC joysticks use
100ohm.  Since the way the thing works is to measure the delay between
the triggering of a one-shot and the time it takes the input to decay
below a threshold, adding appropriate capacitors to a PC joystick
should convert the joystick with no loss of functionality. 
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