Re: Apple II DIY systems?

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2
Subject	Re: Apple II DIY systems?
Date	2011-04-05 16:05 -0400
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Linards Ticmanis wrote:

> On 04/05/2011 02:52 AM, N.N. Thayer wrote:
>> This ad, which Vectronic's Apple World dates as 1978, indicates that
>> the Apple II motherboard was once offered as a standalone product:
>>
>> http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/ads/ads/appleii/introappleii2.jpg
>
> Off topic: do those odd game paddles depicted in that ad really exist?
> They look like one-dimensional joysticks, I've never seen any like these
> in reality. Or are they mock-ups?
>
No, they were more like slider pots.

I don't know whether they ever came with the Apple II.  I thought there
was a period when that sort of thing was common.  I guess because of
ads like that one, and some article in Byte about making your own, or
maybe it was about a game and it included how to make your own.

I thought the idea was that you only needed up and down, because
the games hadn't advanced much.  The ad mentions "pong", and that game
came with similar controllers.  I'm sure "Breakout" used only one 
dimension, and "Breakout" was considered an important demo for
the Apple II.

     Michael

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Apple II DIY systems? "N.N. Thayer" <nnthayer@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-04 17:52 -0700
  Re: Apple II DIY systems? Wayne Stewart <waynejstewart@gmail.com> - 2011-04-05 01:44 -0700
  Re: Apple II DIY systems? mwillegal <mike@willegal.net> - 2011-04-05 04:51 -0700
  Re: Apple II DIY systems? Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-05 07:10 -0700
    Re: Apple II DIY systems? "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2011-04-05 13:47 -0700
  Re: Apple II DIY systems? Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de> - 2011-04-05 17:58 +0200
    Re: Apple II DIY systems? Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-05 12:53 -0700
      Re: Apple II DIY systems? dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) - 2011-04-05 20:55 +0000
    Re: Apple II DIY systems? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-04-05 16:05 -0400
      Re: Apple II DIY systems? Raymond Wiker <raw@RAWMBP-2.local> - 2011-04-06 19:40 +0200
        Re: Apple II DIY systems? "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2011-04-06 11:14 -0700
          Re: Apple II DIY systems? dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan) - 2011-04-06 20:18 +0000
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