fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (11/24/90)
Re: The EPYX 500XJ
Although EPYX went bellyup, the joystick is still available from California
Access, makers of the Bodega Bay A500 expansion chassis.
--Rick Wrigley
fhwri@conncoll.bitnetjoseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) (11/24/90)
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: > Re: The EPYX 500XJ > > Although EPYX went bellyup, the joystick is still available from California > Access, makers of the Bodega Bay A500 expansion chassis. > --Rick Wrigley > fhwri@conncoll.bitnet Yes! Thank you! I've been looking for one of those sticks forever! Joseph Hillenburg Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group joseph@valnet.UUCP ...!iuvax!valnet!joseph "Only Apple could slow down a 68030 chip." -Computer Shopper
kinks@brahms.udel.edu (Karl E Aldinger) (12/06/90)
I have two joysticks that were given to me (along with some dusty TI 99/4As) They're Amiga joysticks and a friend (who also owns one) assures me that before Amiga (the self-contained company) created and sold they're design to Commodore, they were a joystick maker. Not to downplay the importance of electro-mechanical peripherals, but I find it hard to believe that a co. making its living selling joysticks, could create such a neat computer. Any Amiga fans know the roots of the Amiga Co. Karl Aldinger
blgardne@javelin.es.com (Blaine Gardner) (12/06/90)
kinks@brahms.udel.edu (Karl E Aldinger) writes: >I have two joysticks that were given to me (along with some dusty TI 99/4As) >They're Amiga joysticks and a friend (who also owns one) assures me that >before Amiga (the self-contained company) created and sold they're design to >Commodore, they were a joystick maker. Not to downplay the importance of >electro-mechanical peripherals, but I find it hard to believe that a co. >making its living selling joysticks, could create such a neat computer. Any >Amiga fans know the roots of the Amiga Co. Why is it hard to believe? You've got to have something to pay the bills. You do indeed own a pair of the first Amigas made. If you want the complete collection, you'll also need to scrounge up a Joyboard. The Joyboard is a flat, rectangular joystick that you stand on. It was intended for sports oriented games so you could feel that you were really skiing or running or whatever. But more important, the Joyboard was also the genesis of the infamous Guru. It seems that someone at Amiga Inc. came up with the idea of using the Joyboard as a relaxation device. Sit on the Joyboard in the lotus position, try not to trigger any of the switches. If you did close one of the switches during your meditation, then it was of course, a "guru meditation error". Believe it or else! -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com ...dsd.es.com!javelin!blgardne (I hope) {decwrl, utah-cs}!esunix!blgardne DoD #0046 My other motorcycle is a Quadracer. BIX: blaine_g
metahawk@pawl.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) (12/06/90)
In article <16553@brahms.udel.edu> kinks@brahms.udel.edu (Karl E Aldinger) writes: > > >I have two joysticks that were given to me (along with some dusty TI 99/4As) >They're Amiga joysticks and a friend (who also owns one) assures me that >before Amiga (the self-contained company) created and sold they're design to >Commodore, they were a joystick maker. Not to downplay the importance of >electro-mechanical peripherals, but I find it hard to believe that a co. >making its living selling joysticks, could create such a neat computer. Any >Amiga fans know the roots of the Amiga Co. > > Karl Aldinger Yes, Amiga Co. (originally a joystick maker) designed the Amiga computer. I believe they had some monetary shortages and couldn't get the Amiga in production and/or finished. Somehow CBM bought them and voila, the Commodore Amiga. (By the way their joysticks were rather good.) Wayne Rigby metahwk@pawl.rpi.edu (Internet)
karl@cbmvax.commodore.com (Karl Herrman - CATS) (12/07/90)
In article <16553@brahms.udel.edu> kinks@brahms.udel.edu (Karl E Aldinger) writes: > > >I have two joysticks that were given to me (along with some dusty TI 99/4As) >They're Amiga joysticks and a friend (who also owns one) assures me that >before Amiga (the self-contained company) created and sold they're design to >Commodore, they were a joystick maker. Not to downplay the importance of >electro-mechanical peripherals, but I find it hard to believe that a co. >making its living selling joysticks, could create such a neat computer. Any >Amiga fans know the roots of the Amiga Co. > > Karl Aldinger Believe it. Your friend is right. And they're pretty good joysticks too. Karl Herrmann C.A.T.S.
king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec6.011923.12498@javelin.es.com> blgardne%javelin@dsd.es.com writes: >Why is it hard to believe? You've got to have something to pay the >bills. You do indeed own a pair of the first Amigas made. If you want >the complete collection, you'll also need to scrounge up a Joyboard. You'll also need to scrounge up the Amiga Pow'rstick version build for the ColecoVision. The same as the standard Pow'rstick, but it had a keypad area above the stick and an extra fire button. And boy, do I wish I could scrounge one of these old sticks (the standard flavor especially, the keypad wouldn't do much for me) to use with my Amiga 500! -- ---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------- A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of | Steven King explanation. | Motorola Cellular (H. H. Munro [Saki]) | ...uunet!motcid!king