Re: Joystick for IIe platinum

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>> Can anyone recommend a good joystick to use for games on a Platinum IIe?
>> 
>> The port on the rear of the unit is a female DB9.
>> 
>> Will an Atari 2600 joystick work with a "gender bender", as the joystick
>> also has a female DB9?
>
>No it won't. The Apple wants an analog Joystick (using pots to tell *how
>far* it is moved), the 2600 Joysticks are analog (using switches that
>can only tell the system *if* it is moved or not).
>
>If you have a soldering iron you can build an adapter for PC Joysticks.
>You need plugs for the ends, some wire, two resistors and two styroflex
>capacitors. This adapter works well with all PC joysticks that have no
>extra electronics (like autofire etc.). An adapter that works with all
>DOS-compatible PC Joysticks can be built with a couple more elements.

   Right, the Atari joysticks are built differently.  But I always was under
the impression the resistor value of the pot inside the Apple and the PC
joystick was different.  PC used a 150k ohm pot, the Apple used a 50k ohm, for
example.  I know I used to see joysticks with a switch on the bottom to switch
from PC to Apple operation.

  I have a few joysticks, and see them fairly often in the thrift stores around
here.

Raymond