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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Joysticks (Wico Joysticks, I *like* em!)
Keywords: the good the bad and the ugly
Message-ID: <9808@g.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 30 Jun 88 07:15:39 GMT
References: <890@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY
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In article <890@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>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.

I have to second this. I bought a pair of these (Command Control is the model
name) about 16 months ago. I swear, the thing is a tank. I've had berzerk
college students playing Firepower bend the things to where I thought
the metal was going to break, but they simply refuse to die.

They have a good feel to them. They don't have tactile feedback, but I
don't like that anyway. My friends like the button on the stick. I like
the base.

Highly Recommended.

My idea of an ideal joystick is one made of ribbed anodized aluminum,
molded to fit the hand. The base would be weighted to stay put, and
would have a place to use clamps to clamp it to the table. It would
have a two thumb buttons and a finger trigger, each sending separate
inputs. It would be be pneumatic for smoothness instead of spring
loaded. It would be true proportional, with selectable autocenter,
adjustable travel and output range, and a logarithmic output option.

Sounds expensive, doesn't it? :-)

Sean

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