User`s guide

8 PDL1 Joy-Y
9 PLD3 SW1
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From: Rubywand
030- How can I be sure my joystick is properly adjusted?
To check and fine-tune your joystick, run an Apple II joystick adjustment
program such as the one on the TNILUTIL disk available from Ground or GSWV (see
Q&A 001 in Csa21MAIN4.txt). If you get a range of 0-255 for Horizontal and
Vertical with centers around 128 and both buttons work, the stick is properly
adjusted and ready for use.
If you can not reach extreme values (0 or 255), the stick will not work for
some applications. For example, you will not be able to guide your worm in the
game "Serpentine".
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From: Delfs and Rubywand
031- Many games with a joystick option do not work with
joystick on the Apple II emulator I'm running on a PC. Is
there some way to use my PC stick with these games?
The problem is that PC sticks do not have the required resistance range.
(They top out around 100k Ohms; whereas, A2 sticks top out at 150k.) As a
result, the emulator will not detect a value indicating extreme Down or Right.
One fix is to go to the PC Control Panel, select "Gaming Options" (or
whatever it's called), and re-calibrate your joystick. The trick is to under-
calibrate. So, when, told to move the stick in a circle, do not go out as far as
you can. Instead, move it in a small circle.
A different fix is to modify your PC joystick to increase its range. Adding
a 0.01uF capacitor from each pot's non-ground tab to ground will do this.
Running the leads through a small DPST switch mounted in the joystick lets you
switch out the caps for regular PC use. (For details see R033EMUJSMOD.GIF.)
Since the joystick's range is extended by flipping the switch to connect the
caps, there is never any need to under-calibrate when in the PC Control Panel.
Either way, to check and fine-tune your stick for emulator use, run an
Apple II joystick adjustment program on the emulator. (See Q&A 030 above.)
If you do the joystick modification, set the switch OFF, to the PC
position, when doing any PC Control Panel calibrations. (Doing a calibration
with the caps switched ON would defeat the range-extending function of the
modification.) Set the switch ON, to the Apple II position, when checking and
fine-tuning joystick adjustments on your Apple II emulator and for playing Apple
II games on the emulator.