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Amstrad Analogue Joystick AJ-5

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The Amstrad [[Analog Joysticks|Analogue Joystick]] AJ-5 is a 2-axis, 2 button, analogue joystick.
The axes are up X and down, Y and the 2 buttons are digital. The joystick is self centering, e.g. the stick will return to centre position if released.
The joystick has a [[Connector:Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)|15-pin male D-type connector]] and is suitable for connecting to the old PC gameports and to the 464+ and 6128+ analogue joystick connector. When used with Windows, in the "Game Controllers" control panel you should pick "2-axis, 2-button joystick" for the type.
When used with the Amstrad plus, the button labelled "I" activates joystick fire 2 (giving 'Z' in BASIC), and the button labelled "II" activates joystick fire 1 (giving 'X' in BASIC), therefore the fire buttons are mapped to the digital joystick 0 fire buttons.
When the sliders are in the middle, the values returned from both axes change rapidly between &1c and &1b, but this changes depending on the exact position of the slider (the fact remains the values change rapidly). The analogue joystick reports X values in &6808 only and Y values in &6809 only.
The range of values reflects the range of motion, with moving half way to the left or up giving a reading of &b.
Minimum and maximum values are &00 and &3F.
== Support ==
* This joystick is supported by [[FutureOS]]
[[Category:Input DeviceAmstrad Products]][[Category:PeripheralsCPC Plus]][[Category:CPC PlusFutureOS]][[Category:StubInput Device]][[Category:Amstrad ProductsPeripherals]][[Category:Stub]]
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