Re: Does apple ][ GS software work using the apple ][ emulator

[wolfsond@cse.fau.edu (Dan MC^2 Wolfson)]

In article <1992Dec11.103042.743@wam.umd.edu> mary@wam.umd.edu (Mary Louise Cassidy) writes:
>Are you the guy that posted that joystick patch to cco.caltech.edu???
>I couldn't get it to work..the buttons worked..but no the stick!  Does it
>work now??  That'd be great!  It's the same stick as my apple stick..
>(except that Apple Mach III had that great orange/black color scheme!!)
>BTW-, I have wanted to built an Apple<->IBM stick converter...I
>have the pinouts...I need a source for the 15pin IBM part.  Anyone??
>Trash Shack only sells the HD pin (not the 8 on 7 config)...I need some!!
>
>And does anyone else know of any DSK sites since cco.caltech.edu was
>forced down????  Let me know...I want Airheart!!
>

When you run the emulator, make sure you press numlock once.  
The joystick should then work with the emulator.  
That version of the joystick code is pretty crude, but it works.
I am still having a difficult time getting performance out of the
joystick bios function.  If anybody knows a better method, I'd love
to hear it.  Possibly something that hooks into the timer interupt 
so I wouldn't be burning CPU time (like the bios does) counting
down in a loop.  


Also, the joystick "patch" doesn't work very well with the more sensitive
games like Rescue Raiders because the joystick values are scaled
from 0-64 to 0-255 and you lose a bit of accuracy in the process.
I have been able to tweak it a bit so I could play RR , but you
really have to play with the centering on that game..  But
with the beta version of the joystick patch, you can play games
like StarBlazer without any problems... 




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