joysticks

[Michiel Spape]

Hi,
Thanks for your input! I used the XBOX360 controller before (for one, because it can easily connect to a pc via USB, but more importantly, because there are some very convenient SDKs provided by Microsoft for it), but its sticks aren't all that brilliant - they're quite small and not very smooth in the operation. Also, I looked at the entire range of sidewinder stuff, but compared to someone who last used a joystick to do Winter Games on the Commodore 64 (ahhh, does that bring back memories to anyone? Langlaufen, running, whatnot, all by moving the joystick as fast as possible left and right, thus ruining your wrist for life... beautiful), simple isn't exactly the way I'd describe it. Closest possible I got was coming up with 'arcade style' controllers (my C64 joystick is, apparently, a 'lollypop' style one... is it me or are game-controllers seriously off in their naming conventions?). I hope I can get our technician to work something out using such parts, rather than getting a cognitive 'fmri-compatible' 'precision timing' unit at the price of a small island in Fiji...

Cheers,
Mich

Michiel Spapé
Research Fellow
Perception & Action group
University of Nottingham
School of Psychology
www.cognitology.eu


-----Original Message-----
From: e-prime at googlegroups.com [mailto:e-prime at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matt
Sent: 16 September 2010 21:12
To: E-Prime
Subject: Re: joysticks

I know people have used joysticks/gamepads from Microsoft and Logitech
successfully with E-Prime.  Some of the Microsoft joysticks are pretty
simple and only have a couple of buttons.  Logitech makes some
gamepads with a similar layout to Playstation 3 or XBox, which might
be more familiar for some subjects.  I believe these are all USB-
driven and should be really easy to set up.

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