[Coco] Joystick alternatives

[Daniel Campos]

That's why I maintain one analog deluxe joystick from Kraft and another
Atari joystick with an adapter on the desk. Always have to switch between
them in some games.
Would be great to have an adapter to switch between joystick port 1 and 2
and we could plug both Atari type and CoCo type joystick at the same time
and switch between them also.

Daniel

2015-03-11 19:48 GMT-03:00 Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>:

> 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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