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Minwah:
Good info, thanks Paige :)

I wonder if you would mind testing a few more analog stick games if you can?...I'd be interested to see how it works in Space Harrier in particular, and After Burner & maybe EPROM...Seems to me like Space Harrier etc. *may* require higher resolution than the 49-way could give (?)

Also, what stick is your 49-way?  Wico?  Can you buy these still?

My analog stick kindof blows so I might be looking to switch...
paigeoliver:
Never played EPROM with the real deal, but it seemed perfectly fine with this stick.
Howard_Casto:
For non-technically inclined people out their who are still confused on what a 49-way is I like to call them "fake analog" or "chunky analog".  

A digital stick has 4 switches and their combinations give you 8 directions right? Well a 49 way is also sorta digital in that their are fixed positions, but each direction has three levels of sensitivity.  

A real analog sitck has a near infinate level of sensitivity.  

So 49-ways are the same as an analog stick, just blockier, with fixed positions.  

Of course it's optical and has nothing to do with pots, I just think it's easier to understand with this analogy.  



I hope that helps, or it might have made things worse, I dunno.   ???

Paige, how about a link to the interface board?
mp2526:
http://dave.bit2000.com
Minwah:
u_rebel didn't link to it earlier, but I found his 49-way page *very* informative:

http://www.urebelscum.speedhost.com/49waySticks.html
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