Posted by mattv on 24, 2001 at 7:39 PM:
In Reply to: Silly Question posted by Joystick Man on 24, 2001 at 6:35 PM:
It's a variable resistor, some people call it a potentiometer (pot)
Remember those awful old XT joysticks with the two little sliders that took forever to trim properly? Analogue arcade joysticks operate on the same principal.
Mattv