Talk:Deluxe Joystick

Table instead of bullet points?

I tend to prefer tables over lists, especially when there is redundant information that requires repeated verbiage. So I'm going to experiment here with one.

• 26-3012 single red fire button, TRS-80 Deluxe Joystick label, and two same-length arms internally not supported on the opposite side from the potentiometer
• 26-3012A two 'fire' buttons (a red one and a black one), TRS-80 Deluxe Joystick label, and two same-length arms internally not supported on the opposite side from the potentiometer
• 26-3012B two 'fire' buttons (a red one and a black one), Tandy Deluxe Joystick label, and two different length (long and short) arms internally where the long arm is supported by a peg on the opposite side of the potentiometer

Deluxe Joysticks

Catalog Number	Branding	Fire Buttons	Debut	Debut Price	Last Seen	Final Price	Mechanism
26-3012	TRS-80	One red	1984 RSC-10 p.48	$39.95	Example	Example	Example
26-3012A	Tandy	Two (red, black)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example
26-3012B	Tandy	Two (red, black)	Example	Example	Example	Example	Example

Like other peripherals, the Deluxe Joystick was compatible with the Tandy 1000 line of PCs, and was advertised as such right from the Tandy 1000's debut in 1985's RSC-14.

Price cuts in Radio Shack catalogs were nearly always a sign that a product was going to be canceled or replaced by a newer model.

In 1986, the 26-3012's price was slashed from $39.95 to $29.95 in both RSC-15's Color Computer section and the main catalog's CoCo section . The same held true in RSC-15's Tandy 1000 section and the main catalog's Tandy 1000 section.