MouseSticks (Was: Re: How to unpack?)

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

Previously cvotter@prairienet.org (Gary Sutton) wrote:
 
>Now my other question, on a totally unrelated matter.
>
>Has anyone ever produced a joystick that connects to the mouseport
>on a IIGS?  I am seriously looking at developing a Street-Fighter/
>Mortal Kombat type game for the GS and I would like to set it up
>so two players could use it with joysticks, one from the actual
>joystick port, and one from the mouse port.
>If there isn't a mouseport stick currently available, how hard
>would it be to convert a standard stick to connect to the mouse
>port?
 
Advanced Gravis makes something called an ADB MouseStick. It consists of
their joystick connected to some kind of box which then connects to an
ADB port. It does require special drivers to work on a Mac and currently
there aren't any GS drivers.
 
About 4 years ago I broke my Gravis joystick while playing Task Force,
(AG claims that's supposed to be impossible), so I brought it to their
factory where they repaired it on on site. While I got a little tour of
the place and asked about the possibility of GS drivers for the
MouseStick but as you might guess they balked at the idea. However you
might want to write them and ask for the info you might need to write a
driver to support an AD MS.

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Herbert Fung   herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca   
Edmonton Remote Systems   Serving Edmonton/Northern Alberta since 1982