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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)
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Organization: University of Merryland, Elec. Eng. Department
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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


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