Re: ADB Joystick on a GS

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Anyone know if an ADB Joystick will work on a GS, or is a driver
>required and essentially no games support them?  

    A driver would be required, and to date, none have been written (it may
be possible to use one in mouse emulation mode, if it supports it, but other
than the "gee-whiz" factor it wouldn't be practical for mouse driven games
as a real mouse gives _far_ better precision movement).

    I came across an Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro ADB joystick not too long
ago, which had a toggle switch for joystick/mouse-emulation. I plugged it in
my IIGS and it was completely ignored in either mode, like nothing was there.

    I believe it's possible to adapt DE-9 joysticks from the PC to work on
the Apple II, with a bit of tweaking. As a matter of fact several brands used
to have an "IBM / Apple II" switch built-in the joystick. I wonder if a DE-9
digital gamepad could be made to work--that would be interesting!

Mitchell Spector