Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!eneevax!smaug From: smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Joysticks Summary: Buy Wico! Keywords: the good the bad and the ugly Message-ID: <1577@eneevax.UUCP> Date: 30 Jun 88 13:23:49 GMT References: <890@esunix.UUCP> Reply-To: smaug@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) Distribution: na Organization: University of Merryland, Elec. Eng. Department Lines: 31 In article <890@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes: :There was some discussion on joysticks a month or so ago. Here's one to :avoid like the plague: Magnum from Mastertronic. :Enough bad news. Buy a Wico if you want a good joystick. The red and :black bat-handle is about $20, and is indestructable, you just can't :damage it. And it's got a good feel to it too. There is a switch on the :base, and one on the handle. Only one can be active, the selector switch :is on the base. If you are into soldering - just unscrew the bottom of that baby, locate the switch selector and solder a 1 inch pice of wire across the two outer terminals. Then regardless of which position the switch is in, both buttons will respond. This "fix" occured to me after losing a pitched battle to my friend, who had switched the button to accomodate his playing style. Best of all, the total cost is probably under $.02 (for the electricity for the soldering iron). :On the "must have if you can find them at a garage sale" list are the :Amiga Joyboard, and the tiny Amiga joysticks. :-) If only I could find one :-) :Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 540 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 -- ================================================================== == Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-6849 == == UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!smaug == ========"It's after 3am, no point in going to sleep now..."=======