ivp wrote:
> I've updated the project page
>
> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/pic_keyboard.html
>
> If you'd like to look it over please and comment if it needs more in
> the way of explanation or if you spot any errors and so on
>
> Joe
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Way back in the early 1990 two of us were working on something similar=20
to this.  Several of us were interested in flight simulators for the=20
computer.

This was the days before the programmable joy sticks.  The plan was to=20
make a box with buttons on it that were labeled for the function=20
(landing gear, flaps, etc.  All the programs used keys on the keyboard=20
forthe input. Like "E" for engine start. So by pushing a certain button=20
on your box the the PIC would send the proper data to the computer so=20
the computer thought the "E" key had been pushed.

Due to health problems I was away from the project for a year.  By then=20
the first multi-button joy sticks were entering the market.

BOB
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