Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ihnss!knudsen From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.video,net.micro Subject: VECTREX Joystick Info Message-ID: <1577@ihnss.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 20:37:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnss.1577 Posted: Tue Jun 28 20:37:40 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jun-83 10:14:37 EDT Lines: 19 I have borrowed a Vectrex for a while and have learned this much about its joystick/panel: The stick is a self-centering ANALOG job, the lowest-priced one around (I think $30 on discount -vs- $55 for others). It uses two 20K pots between power and ground. The catch is that the pots don't go all the way to ground or power, so when plugged into a Coco or Apple it only gives you about a third the full range. Too bad!!! The four buttons are just the Atari stick's up, down, left, & right in that order (yes, the 9-pin connector is same as used on Atari, etc). However, some other pinouts are non-standard. The whole thing: Pins 1-4 Buttons 1-4 Pin 5 X Pot input (same as Atari) Pin 6 Y Pot (this is FIRE on Atari) Pin 7 +5 (or whatever) (same as Atari) Pin 8 N/C (ground on Atari) Pin 9 GROUND (Analog input on Atari) Has anyone found a Vectrex game that really uses the analog potential? "Mine Storm" doesn't even use both dimensions.