Analog joysticks for the old Apple IIs are simply two potentiometers and
some switches.
They are fairly easy to get on eBay in good condition. Search APPLE II
JOYSTICK
If I remember right they are 150K Ohm pots.
Rory McDonald
-----Original Message-----
From: mariano [mailto:dhar2kma@...]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 2:33 PM
To: oldsynth@yahoogroups.com; oldsynths@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oldsynths] Re: [oldsynth] Joystick vendor?
Greetings;
Allow me to suggest this, I have not tried yet but
have been inspecting these things very closely and I
suspect they have good potential. Try to locate a
discarded/used or perhaps a new game controller for
the sony psone or a derivative (read clone) unit thas
claims to have "ANALOG" function on it. Some other
desktop game units do have similar assemblies on their
controllers ** but ** some also have a set of four
switches around the they're called "digital"
joysticks- avoid those.
I built mine from an old computer joystick that was
indeed a true potentiometer based joystick. So there's
another source of joystick assemblies...
Hope that helps.
Mariano
< hoping my son kills its psone controller soon so
I can justify buying a new one & keep the broken one
myself :) >
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some switches.
They are fairly easy to get on eBay in good condition. Search APPLE II
JOYSTICK
If I remember right they are 150K Ohm pots.
Rory McDonald
-----Original Message-----
From: mariano [mailto:dhar2kma@...]
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 2:33 PM
To: oldsynth@yahoogroups.com; oldsynths@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oldsynths] Re: [oldsynth] Joystick vendor?
Greetings;
Allow me to suggest this, I have not tried yet but
have been inspecting these things very closely and I
suspect they have good potential. Try to locate a
discarded/used or perhaps a new game controller for
the sony psone or a derivative (read clone) unit thas
claims to have "ANALOG" function on it. Some other
desktop game units do have similar assemblies on their
controllers ** but ** some also have a set of four
switches around the they're called "digital"
joysticks- avoid those.
I built mine from an old computer joystick that was
indeed a true potentiometer based joystick. So there's
another source of joystick assemblies...
Hope that helps.
Mariano
< hoping my son kills its psone controller soon so
I can justify buying a new one & keep the broken one
myself :) >
--- "dejesus071362 <dejesus@...>" <dejesus@...>
wrote:
> Hi,__________________________________________________
>
> I am looking for a small inexpensive 2-axis joystick
> that would have
> two pots on it, just like the joystick module
> offered by Wiard. I
> would like to incorporate it into a diy synth
> project. I just need
> the joystick with two pots, not the associated CV
> circuitry found in
> the Wiard module. Does anyone know a vendor for
> such a thing. I am
> finding very little except for some very expensive
> industrial
> models. Any info would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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