Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!melnik From: melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Joysticks Message-ID: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. Lines: 17 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 -- Ofer Melnik Rutgers University melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu > -Chris