Re: Strange input devices fo

[costa89@sympatico.ca (Costa)]

Thanks for the huge list Jeff :)

-Costa


In article <01d_200304021034@juge.com>, Jeff.Brielmaier@juge.com says...
> c >>From: costa89@sympatico.ca (Costa)
> c >
> c >Hi everyone,
> c >
> c >I'm trying to compile a list of input devices for Apple II games for an
> c >internet project.
> c >
> c >So far:
> c >
> c >Keyboard
> c >Mouse
> c >Joystick
> c >Paddles
> c >
> c >What I'm not sure about:
> c >Light pen?
> c >Koala Pad?
> c >
> c >
> c >Have I missed anything else?  Thanks in advance for any help you can
> c >provide. :)
> 
> Don't forget the cassette I/O ports.
> 
> Various serial I/O add-in cards.
> 
> The Gibson Light Pen (Steve Gibson... Spinrite/ShieldsUp fame) was a
> popular (but expensive $350) add-on for the Apple ][ - ][+.
> 
> The Koala Pad cetainly did exist for the Apple ][ - //e machine.  There
> was another similar tablet to the Koala Pad but I don't remember what it
> was called off-hand.
> 
> TG Products sold a trackball for the ][ - //e (plugged into the 16-pin
> DIP socket).  Very useful when playing Centipede.
> 
> Various internal modems (and any number of external modems if the user
> had a serial card in their Apple II).
> 
> Numeric keypad add-on device (since the ][ and //e didn't have one).
> 
> 
> And after breaking out old copies of Call APPLE magazines....
> 
> Voice Recognition (Microphone/IO card/software driver) [$800-900]
> 
> Apple Graphic Tablet for Apple ][ - //e.
> 
> IEEE-488 and Analog-to-Digital add-in card (control/track external
> hardware interfaces/hardware).