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Re: Analog joysticks (was Re: Amiga joysticks)

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From: John Schultz
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 17:33
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In article <1990May30.172116.5685@dg-rtp.dg.com> poirier@ellerbe.dg.com (  Poirier local) writes:
>Is it possible, via some to-be-designed input-munging software, to
>more-or-less transparently use an ordinary analog joystick as a programmable
>joystick or mouse, in the tradition (though not the same implementation)
>of the Gravis Mousestick (TM)?

  Sure, after software processing of the analog joystick data (values
from 0-255), input events could be sent to the input device.  I think
there's a PD example of how to do this with a digital joystick.


  John
 
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From: jcs@crash.cts.com (John Schultz)
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Subject: Re: Analog joysticks (was Re: Amiga joysticks)
Keywords: Analog Joysticks
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Date: 31 May 90 17:33:43 GMT
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