Re: A couple of newbie questions

[gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)]

In article <26JUN199706354213@vax2.concordia.ca>, Mitchell Spector <spec@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>    Nope, the Apple uses analog joysticks and paddles. The Commodore and
>Atari used digital. The only way to use them would be with some kind of
>adapter/convertor (I believe such a device existed for other Apple II's,
>I noticed some games asking if you had an "Atari Joyport" over the years).
>Before you ask, IBM joysticks are not directly compatible with Apple, at
>least not without modifications.

	Sirius' Joyport.  It allows you to hook up two digital and two
analog joysticks (but you can only use one or the other type at a time)
However it plugs into the 16-pin internal game I/O connector, so I don't
think it'll work with the //c even with some kind of adaptor (I'm guessing
not all the signals are supported by the db9)  Of course even if it did
work, the software would have to support the joyport in order for the Atari
joysticks to work.

	...also it was designed for the ][ and ][plus (or rather, in the
era of those CPUs)  While it will work in the //e, if you leave the joyport
set in the digital setting, because of the way it works, it'll think you
have both Apple keys (joystick pushbuttons 0 and 1) pressed and resetting
will give you that "screeching" test mode. (in an unenhanced //e at least,
never tried it in an enhanced machine)
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