[Coco] I need a joystick or two

[Glen Hewlett]

Hi Shain,

Thanks for the offer.  I am going to take Neil up on his offer to sell me some joysticks and I’ll buy his sega adapter while I’m at it.

Long story short, I tried to fix the joystick but I made things worse…. Beyond repair, I’m getting better at breaking things really bad as I get older.

Cheers,
Glen


> On Jun 21, 2017, at 6:24 AM, S Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Glen, I'm in western Mississauga and have been wanting to visit a couple
> stores in downtown Toronto... I could possibly loan a single button
> joystick.
> 
> Your joystick may be repairable, it is just wire, button(s) and two
> potentiometers.
> 
> Shain
> On Jun 21, 2017 12:22 AM, "Mark McDougall" <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
>> On 21/06/2017 12:09 PM, Glen Hewlett wrote:
>> 
>> I bought a joystick at the last CoCo fest but it turned out to be
>>> defective.  I need a joystick to program and test joystick operation
>>> in my Pac Man game.  The game works great with the keyboard but
>>> Pacman should definitely have the option to use a joystick.
>>> 
>> 
>> Yeah I've tended to avoid the 'fest in the past mostly because of the
>> dodgy people that frequent it and try to pass off defective hardware to
>> other unsuspecting attendees! :P
>> 
>> For a game like Pacman, I would strongly recommend you pick up a Sega
>> adapter from Neil to use a digital joystick or gamepad. Aside from giving
>> you infinitely more options, you have the possibility of using
>> arcade-quality joysticks and/or specifically 4-way joysticks/modes which
>> can improve gameplay on a game like Pacman significantly.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> --
>> Mark McDougall
>> <http://retroports.blogspot.com.au>
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