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From: M.O.B. i L. on 9 Jun 2010 16:27
I bought my first joystick to my C64 yesterday: a Cheetah The Bug. It
seems to work but I'm a bit puzzled since it has two connectors and an
on/off switch. How am I supposed to connect these and what is the on/off
switch used for? It has one black and one gray connector. When I
connected the black connector to Control Port 2 the joystick worked (in
a helicopter game). It seemed to work regardless of the position of the
on/off switch. I couldn't find information about this using Google.
From: Markus Grob on 9 Jun 2010 16:55
Hello M.O.B. i L.

> I bought my first joystick to my C64 yesterday: a Cheetah The Bug. It

Don't know this kind of joystick


> seems to work but I'm a bit puzzled since it has two connectors and an
> on/off switch.

On my joystick, he could be used for autofire.

Greetings from Switzerland, Markus
From: Merman on 10 Jun 2010 05:32
On Jun 9, 9:27 pm, "M.O.B. i L." <mika...(a)df.lth.se> wrote:
> I bought my first joystick to my C64 yesterday: a Cheetah The Bug. It
> seems to work but I'm a bit puzzled since it has two connectors and an
> on/off switch. How am I supposed to connect these and what is the on/off
> switch used for? It has one black and one gray connector. When I
> connected the black connector to Control Port 2 the joystick worked (in
> a helicopter game). It seemed to work regardless of the position of the
> on/off switch. I couldn't find information about this using Google.

First of all, the gray (grey) connector is for use with Spectrum
computers, where the pin connections are different. Don't use the gray
(grey) connector with your C64!

The on-off switch is for autofire, setting it on and holding down a
fire button will give rapid fire. For games where you have to hold
down the fire button (e.g. Creatures) you will need to make sure it is
switched off.
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