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From: melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Joysticks
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Date: 4 Jul 88 15:32:21 GMT
References: <890@esunix.UUCP> <1656@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU> <347@uwslh.UUCP>
Reply-To: melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik)
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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In article <347@uwslh.UUCP> lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Fish-Guts) writes:
>     A little trivia: there was once a joystick on the market that
>used mercury switches instead of mechanical ones.  I never did get
>one, and I bet they were not that responsive, but I also would bet
>they *never* wore out.  Did anyone here ever own one of these?

I know which ones your talking about, and while I never bought one, I did
*BUILD* one... It worked really well, but there was one major flaw. It gave
no feedback. I *ALWAYS* over-shot everything... Oh well...

-Ofer

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Ofer Melnik                          Rutgers University
                                     melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu

>						-Chris