[Coco] Joystick alternatives

[John W. Linville]

They work great for Fahrfall... ;-)

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 06:48:47PM -0400, Al Hartman wrote:
> Owning one of those, and having sold lots of them at Spectrum Projects, and
> Zebra Systems...
> 
> They are no replacement for a real Coco joystick. Coco games are written for
> the potentiometer joystick and expect values along the line from minimum to
> maximum. This adapter only indicates full left, full righ, full up, and full
> down, because that's all an Atari-type joystick can provide.
> 
> This will work with some games, but games like Polaris are better with the
> potentiometer joystick.
> 
> There is a Coco joystick on eBay now, and usually always Apple ][ and IBM
> sticks which can be adapted.
> 
> -[ Al ]-
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Linville"
> <linville at tuxdriver.com>
> 
> >6 available, NOS
> >
> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/WICO-Joystick-Adapter-for-RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER-BRAND-NEW-NOS-/331495107797
> >
> >Not my auction...
> 
> 
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