Re: Can someone fix the wiki entry for 'Joyport'?

[dogger_blue@yahoo.ca]

Okay, the article is done up as well as I could do it. On the issue of
Apple joystick compatibility with the Joyport's paddle jacks, I simply
said that theoretically it should read properly since the signals are
identical, but that few games supported it (two joysticks from the
analog jacks instead of the digital ones I mean) and Sirius did not
suggest it. If there's some inaccuracy there or anywhere else in the
article (or more knowledge, even better) then please feel free to
edit, I'm pretty much hands off from this point forward. -- and I
probably will not be back here again to check for responses.

Cheers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyport

DB.

On Mar 25, 9:31 pm, dogger_b...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> Okay ... it turns out that I have found some sources and I am writing
> at least a short version of this article myself. I need some help
> though on one or two points and I was hoping somebody with a better
> memory could inform me of how to characterise things.
>
> It is my understanding that theSiriusJoyportaccepted up to 4 Apple
> paddles, and up to 2 Atari joysticks. The Apple paddles were of course
> analog and the Atari joysticks were digital, which gave them a speed
> advantage for games trying to read 4 axes.
>
> According to my understanding of the way the Apple gameport worked,
> there is no reason I couldn't have plugged in two APPLE joysticks
> (fully analog) into the paddle ports, because as far as the computer
> (and theJoyport) were concerned there was no difference between a two-
> button analog joystick and two one-button paddles.
>
> Is this essentially correct? Or was it impossible to connect an Apple
> joystick? I can find no INcompatibility information, but I can find no
> compatibility information either. For example, check out this article
> from an Atari magazine circa 1983, in which theSiriusJoyportis
> reviewed, along with a whole slew of Apple paddles and Apple
> joysticks, and yet curiously, no mention is made in theSiriusreview
> of what would happen if I plugged one of those joysticks into the
> paddle-side of theJoyport.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me on this? It's a rather important distinction
> to make, I think.
>
> TIA.
>
> DB.