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From: JimP
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 15:49

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:53:12 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
<jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 8:49:04 AM UTC-7, jmfbahciv wrote:
>> Andrew Swallow wrote:
>> > On 09/02/2018 15:27, jmfbahciv wrote:
>
>> >> I hate meeces.
>
>> > Joy sticks also exist. No need to get catty. ;)
>
>> I've never used an electronic joy stick.
>
>1) I believe you.
>
>2) You wouldn't use _that_ kind of joy stick to control a computer anyways.
>
>3) As for the other kind of joystick, the ones I've seen had potentiometers in 
>them, and hooked up to the game port on early IBM PCs. There are current gaming 
>joysticks that look like a mouse, but I haven't used one of those. I have, 
>however, tried a *trackball* as a substitute for a mouse. They're hard to find 
>these days, though; not many people prefer them.
>
>John Savard

I remember when track balls were all the rage, better than a joy stick
some said.

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