>>>> but you can hold the fire button down to bypass all the intros.
Yes, a couple of people pointed this out already. It is corrected on my web
site. However, since both of the reviewers (myself and Bill L. from Armchair
Arcade) missed it, it does reinforce our critique of the manual's ridiculously
tiny font size.
Regardless, those two issues cancel each other out, so the C64 remains our
winner over the Atari Flashback.
>>>> It can be inferred that Jeri's exceptional core has been married to a
underengineered package.
We agree very strongly with that statement, and that is exactly what we wrote
in the product review.
--- Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com> wrote:
> Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >This is VERY cool: Jeri Ellsworth and her C64 30-in-1 joystick are featured
> in
> >The New York Times. As I write this email (2:54AM, Monday), it's on the
> actual
> >nytimes.com homepage, with a color photo of her. The article itself is at
> >(http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/20/technology/20joystick.html?8dpc).
> >
> >There is a product review of the 30-in-1, head-to-head against the new Atari
> >Flashback, at my own site (http://news.computercollector.com) -- click the
> >'reviews' link.
> >
> >
> >
> I can't remember if someone else remarked this to you on this list, but
> you can hold the fire button down to bypass all the intros.
>
> Concerning the joystick, it appears there are two variants. Mine, for
> instance, does not suffer from the diagonal issue, but others do. It
> appears to be related to the little rubber "pads" used to implement the
> joystick directions. My good unit has softer yellow pads, while the bad
> units appears to all have the same gray pads used on the fire buttons.
> Notwithstanding, I think the C64DTV stick is underwhelming, even on my
> good units. It can be inferred that Jeri's exceptional core has been
> married to a underengineered package.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> --
> Jim Brain, Brain Innovations
> brain_at_jbrain.com http://www.jbrain.com
> Dabbling in WWW, Embedded Systems, Old CBM computers, and Good Times!
>
>
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