Re: game i/o - joystick adaptor

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Sagochangi writes ...
> 
> >    Good to know-- too bad, though. Do the digital PC joysticks require
> >special drivers?
> 
> I don't think so, because my digital 6-button joystick worked fine; it was just
> a bit sluggish, and that can be fixed my changing the capacitance values on the
> adaptor.  My PC Gamepad *completely* freaked out my ROM 01, though.  It would
> work if I connected it after boot up, still as sluggishly as the 6-button
> version, but if it was connected during a cold boot, the GS went into self-test
> mode!  And interestingly, everything tested okay... :)
> 
> I'd guess it depends on the model of the stick.
 ....

     Probably. It sounds like the Gamepad buttons may have started out
in the closed position on power-up and ended up being interpreted as
requesting a Self-Test. Maybe the button outputs are semi-conductor
circuits which take a second or so to stabilized when power is first
applied.



Rubywand