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Re: Best vintage joystick for Apple II?
- Subject: Re: Best vintage joystick for Apple II?
- From: Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 07:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 3, 8:52 pm, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-wle-this>
wrote:
> To: Linards Ticmanis
> On 4/3/08 5:25 PM, in article
> 47f5596a$0$4854$9b4e6...@newsspool4.arcor-online.net, "Linards Ticmanis"
>
> <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> > What do you guys consider to be the best joystick for the Apple II? I
> > mean one specifically made for the Apple, not some retrofit thing.
>
> There can be only one... CH Mach II. The Mach III is ok, followed by Apple's
> stick and then all the others after that are crap. Kraft, Starfighter, et
> al... crap.
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Sorry to disagree here. I've settled on the Kraft joysticks for more
than 20 years. (I love saying things like that.)
There's a button for the left thumb and a button for the left pointer
finger, right where God intended. The stick can be spring loaded or
free moving on either/both axises. It works well on your lap,
handheld, or desktop. One model also had a button on the stop of the
stick itself. I have both models and love them dearly.
The only photo online I can find is at http://www.atarimagazines.com/cva/v1n1/joysticks2.jpg
There was just one on ebay last week.
Hope this helps.
-Warr