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 itself has a [[Connector:Analogue joystick (CPC Plus only)|15-pin male D-type connector]] and is self centeringsuitable 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.It is recognised and can be used under Windows XP.
The On the top, next to the joystick has a 15-pin male D-type connector and are 2 sliding controls. These can be used to adjust the values read from the joystick. When testing in Windows, moving these sliders allowed me to modify the centre point before calibration. So these are some form of calibration adjusters where calibration in software is suitable for connecting not done. However, if these are put to the old PC gameports centre positions and correct calibration is done, then the joystick works as expected. <gallery caption="Amstrad Analogue Joystick AJ-5">Image:Amastrad analogue AJ5.JPG|Analogue Joystick AJ-5 sold on Ebay</gallery> == Use with the Amstrad Plus == 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 464+ digital joystick 0 fire buttons. When the sliders are in the middle, the values returned from both axes change rapidly between &1c and 6128+ &1b, but this changes depending on the exact position of the slider (the fact remains the values change rapidly). The analogue joystick connectorreports 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:Amstrad Products]][[Category:CPC Plus]][[Category:FutureOS]][[Category:Input Device]][[Category:Peripherals]][[Category:Stub]]
