hey, thanks guys! i do have an old powershot (pot based, with
autofire :) if it's only the matter of replacing resistors it's no
problem. i was only afraid not to damage the original module.
thanks very much again!
tomek

p.s. serial mouse would be nice too :)

p.s.2. will doepfer come out with a newer cd of (maybe not examples
but) music from people creating something more than sci-fi type
sounds

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Nick Hubben <nick@p...> wrote:
> AFAIK, a lot of the early game system joysticks were merely
switches ("go
> left, go right"), not using potentiometers at all.
>
> I've got a box full of a good assortment of game
joysticks/controllers.. If
> anybody needs anything or wants me break some open and see what the
guts
> look like.
>
> Cheers, nick
>
> >
> > Hi Tomek (I assume, this is your name)
> >
> >> did anybody try hooking up an external joystick to a-174 is it
> >> possible
> > You mean: if the original is broken Or use a external joystick
(e.g
> > from a table top game) instead of the original joystick Or in
addition
> > to the original joy stick
> >
> > Basically it should not be difficult. The problem might be, that
> > external controllers use individual values for the potentiometer
> > resistance. Example: I have two simply external joy sticks from
an old
> > video game. They have 40k for the y-axis and 500k for the x-axis.
So
> > these won't fit for the A-174 assumingly. I use them simply
connected to
> > a 5V power line and the centerpin is used as cv out.
> >
> >
> > If you are able to modify the A-174, it is not too difficult for
you to
> > build a simple joystick module from the scratch.
> >
> > Florian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >