Re: A 3-button joystick?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Matthew Carpenter asked:

>   I would like to know if there is any reason to have a joystick with
>three buttons on an Apple IIGS.
>
>   My reason in asking is that while I was at the Goodwill a couple days
>ago I saw a joystick just like the one a friend I used to know about 12
>years ago had on his IIGS.  The only difference being that this one I have
>found is a PC version of the joystick.  I bought the joystick when I left.
>
>   This is a Gravis joystick, it has one fire button on the stick and two
>buttons on the base.  I found a black and white picture at the following
>url:
>http://www.atarimagazines.com/v7n6/gravis.jpg
>
>   I went into the CSA2 FAQ and found info on making an adapter to hook up
>PC joysticks to an Apple II and noticed that the adapter would only have
>two of the buttons connected to anything.  I'm wondering what it would be
>needed for the third button.

The 9-pin external IIgs joystick connector has only two pushbutton
lines, but if you plug into the internal 16-pin DIP Game Port, all three
pushbutton lines are available (as well as two more paddle inputs).

-michael

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