Re: Apple II game input devices

[Steven Weyhrich <a2history@gmail.com>]

On Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:41:56 AM UTC-6, Antoine Vignau wrote:
> Le vendredi 8 mars 2013 16:12:42 UTC+1, Steven Weyhrich a écrit :
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> > After getting more of the story of Apple II game paddles straightened out, I was wondering if there were any other types of game devices that should be mentioned. Was there a company who produced a particularly good third-party joystick, game paddle, or other type of game device for the Apple II?
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> > I remember Kraft joysticks, and CH joysticks, but don't recall if they were good quality. 
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> > What was your favorite Apple II gaming peripheral?
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> See my game input devices @
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> https://plus.google.com/photos/104707687928913128396/albums/5853337631175567521?banner=pwa
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> Antoine

Wow.

That's a great collection!

Tell me, please: On the back of the black ones, is there a label and Apple product name?

It looks like there are a couple of generations of Apple-branded joysticks - do they have the same product name? Do they come with the 16-pin plug or the newer DB9 plug?

And what is that PQ box? A set of four hand-held answer selectors? Do you have any idea how they worked? (There are only 3 pushbutton inputs, plus how would the computer tell the difference between different buttons? Unless the buttons sent signals back through the PDL circuit, and each were set to a specific number that could be read...)