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[[Image:Joy-Y.jpg|thumb|Joystick Y-cable]]
In order to push sales of Amstrad's own joysticks, Amstrad designed the CPC with one joystick port only which had two common signal pins. The idea was to sell one joystick which forwarded the second common signal to a built-in joystick port, to which the second joystick could be connected.
As the quality of the Amstrad joysticks was lousy, using an Y-cable together with other joysticks was the preferred solution.
== See Also Technical ==
== See Also == [[Joystick Splitter]] (an article from an english magazine, describing how to make a Y-cable) == Examples ==<gallery>Image:Amstrad joysplit.jpg|Y-box with 5 diodes (looks incomplete)Image:Joy-Y.jpg|Joystick Y-cableImage:Joystick.jpg|Schematic with 14 diodes (supports 3 buttons)Image:Js1.jpg|Schematic with 10 diodes (supports 1 button)Image:CPC Plus Joystick Port.gif|CPC Plus with 8 diodes (supports 0 buttons)Image:LindyJoystickYcable.jpg|Y-cable for CPC from Lindy</gallery>[[Category:HardwareInput Device]] [[Category:PeripheralsDIY]]