Re: Joystick for IIe platinum

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <3cfe0100_1@news.iprimus.com.au>,
Mark Cummings <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:
>The adaptor box that is refered to in Rubywands link adds capacitance to a
>PC joystick to trick the Apple into thinking it is connected to a 150K pot,
>and therefor will have the correct range of motion.

No tricks involved.  It's an RC circuit; the Apple uses a one-shot to
trigger it and waits for it to decay, the time to decay is the joystick
value.  Changing "C" is as valid as changing "R".

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