Re: Question on CH Mach III joysticks

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 333722398335260254.430904mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com">news:333722398335260254.430904mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com...
> Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> wrote:
>> On 15 ao�t, 02:31, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So, I know that there were both PC and Apple II versions of the CH Mach III.
>>>
>>> And, I know that PC joysticks are (typically) 100k ohm, whereas Apple II
>>> joysticks are 150k ohm. However, I've seen that some PC joysticks DO use 150k ohm pots.
>>>
>>> So, what pots did the Mach III use, in both Apple and PC versions?
>>
>> I have one but I don't feel confident in opening it to give the answer
>> to you.
>> I've been using it for 25 years now and I want it to continue!
>>
>> Sorry,
>> Antoine
>
> You can measure the maximum resistance without opening it by connecting an
> ohmmeter to the appropriate pins of the connector. (After all, this is how
> the computer measures the resistance.  ;-)

Michael,

This won't tell you what hardware is inside. Extra circuitry would be used to obtain
the proper range of resistance required by the inputs.  You could actually use quite
larger POTs and add capacitance to bring the range down.  :)

Bill