Re: IIGS Joystick issues

[Drew <GoggleDrew@gmail.com>]

On 28 Aug, 20:14, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Drew wrote:
> >> Adding a small capacitor inside the joystick on (at least) the
> >> vertical axis will compensate for the lower resistance and make
> >> it work OK.
>
> > Hi michael,...without sounding very green...how would i do that :-). I
> > opened the joystick and there are 2 wires going to each axis.
>
> An earlier responder IIRC referred to the capacitor fix.
>
> The cap can go between the two pot lugs for the vertical
> axis that have the two wires connected.  I'd start with
> a failrly small value, like .005uF (5nF) and see what
> difference that makes.
>
> -michael
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Thanks for responding will see what i can pick up capacitor wise.
Sorry for asking the same question that Ferdinand kindly responded
to...I have been playing with lots of things with my GS and had
forgotten that he had given me detail on the possible 2nd fix if the
calibration was out :-(.

Thanks
Andrew