Re: Wireless joystick for the Apple II?

["Don" <numberfiveplusone@gmail.com>]

"larwe" <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sep 22, 10:42 pm, Steven <diespamm...@killspammers.com> wrote:
>
> > If there is a way to covert the port to a serial, there is a Serial to
> > USB, then any wireless USB mouse with a receiver could be used.
>
> Well, no it couldn't, because (leaving aside the fact that a serial-
> USB converter will be DEVICE-side, not HOST-side USB, therefore will
> not connect to a USB mouse's receiver - this is an instant show
> stopper), a mouse gives relative position data, not absolute.
>
> The simplest path I can see is to take a proportional RC system and
> hack the receiver outputs to convert the PWM (servo drive signal) to a
> simple analog voltage. It MIGHT be as simple a matter as a low-pass
> filter and a voltage divider, but I suspect not.
>
> You could also take a look at the various projects to homebrew with
> Wii controllers, but rather more assembly is required in that case.

You could also just physically attach the actuators from a proportional RC
to a *real* Apple joystick/paddles.  :-)  You might have to remove centering
springs and friction rings from the Pots, but it should be possible.

-- 
be seeing you ... Don
Don Melton, Sr. Consultant, Vatic Technologies Limited