rtb@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Todd) (08/09/88)
I have discovered two items of interest since my original posting. One is that it is probably possible to have a joystick on the ADB bus. The second is that there was indeed a joystick available for the Macintosh pre-ADB mouse port. Thanks to all those that pointed out the errors in my original posting. I have not been able to find a joystick that is made to work on the ADB bus. If anyone knows of one, please let me know so that I could try it out. I think an adapter box that plugs in to the ADB bus and allows you to hook up either old Apple proportional joysticks or the IBM proportional joysticks would be great. This brings another question to mind. Apple II GS uses the ADB bus,right? Do the joysticks that are used on the Apple II GS plug into the ADB bus or a separate card? If the Apple II GS joysticks use the ADB bus the we have the chicken(the hardware). Now all we need is the egg(the software). If the Apple II GS joysticks use a separate card I would be suprised. After all we already determined that the ADB bus can handle a joystick, right? R.T. Bradstrum
lriggins@afit-ab.arpa (L. Maurice Riggins) (08/09/88)
In article <5580@ihlpf.ATT.COM> rtb@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Todd) writes: >I have discovered two items of interest since my original posting. >One is that it is probably possible to have a joystick on the ADB >bus. The second is that there was indeed a joystick available for >the Macintosh pre-ADB mouse port. Thanks to all those that pointed >out the errors in my original posting. I have not been able to find >a joystick that is made to work on the ADB bus. If anyone knows of >one, please let me know so that I could try it out. I think an adapter MacConnection is advertising a New Kraft ADB Joystick for $39 (Sept MacUser). Called them this morning and they are back-ordered two weeks on it. Hope this helps ya, -- Maurice lriggins@afit-ab.ARPA DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed here do not reflect those of my employer nor constitute an official position of any U.S.Government agency.