Posted by nick J on 19, 2000 at 4:47 AM:
In Reply to: 4 ways and 2 ways... The Truth... posted by xiaou2 on 19, 2000 at 12:36 AM:
: Acutally not true. To my knowledge there were no Plates to limit 4ways.
My 4-way joystick uses a Plate (or maybe I'm not understanding what you mean - probably :)
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| the bit you hold
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------------ panel surface
-|- restrictor
The part of the joystick underneath the microswitches has a plastic restrictor in a diamond shape.
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thus it's a single smooth movement from left to up etc...
nick J