Re: IIGS - ADB Joystick work?

["The Wizard of Oz" <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:11:53 +0000, Gord Tulloch wrote these words of
wisdom:

> Hey there:
> 
> After having some problems getting a joystick that actually works for my
> IIGS, I discovered I could get a ADB joystick that purportedly worked on a
> IIGS. Alas, when I plugged it all in I couldn't get anything at all,
> including the classic
> 
> 10 ?PDL(); "   ";PDL(1)
> 20 GOTO 10
> 
> All 255s... is it possible to get one of these things working on the IIGS?
> 
> Regards,
>    Gord

	Hey Gord. Long time no see.

	First thing, there is a syntax error in line 10. You need to supply a
number for the PDL function. ;-)

	If you feel up to working on a bit of a hardware project you'll find a
generic PC joystick will work on an Apple if you have the correct
connector. At least the specs are the same (150K pots as well as buttons).
I can let you look at my manuals when you got some free time. It may take
a while to find. I'll show you some good anime while I go and look. It'll
just be a matter of which line is equivalent to the other. There are a
whole bunch of ground wires on the PC side where as I think the Apple has
one or two.

	Off topic... The MWCS is meeting tonight at 8:00 at the Timmies in front
of Future Shop on Regent. I mention this because they have a machine
(finally) running Ubuntu. Would you be interested in giving a demo of WINE
sometime this year? You can give me a call before 7:30 if it sounds like
it's something you'd like to do. Better yet, you can drop by the meeting. 

				Later
				Mike