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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190125 is a reply to message #190124] |
Tue, 26 February 2008 02:27 |
Jukka Aho
Messages: 120 Registered: October 2003
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Antti Pyykko wrote:
>> Can you recommend a better joystick?
> I'd recommend using a Stelladaptor and a real c64 joystick.
> Stelladaptor converts Atari-style joystick port to USB.
> Unfortunately finding one may be difficult.
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> I think there was another alternative to Stelladapter but
> I really cannot remember what it was called or where to get
> one.
There are all kinds of instructions on the web for making DIY PC
adapters for Atari-style joysticks, but they're usually meant for the
old-style 15-pin PC joystick ports, or for the "legacy" parallel
(printer) ports:
<http://google.com/search?q=atari+joystick+pc>
An alternative would be buying a digital USB gamepad (or even the
aforementioned USB version of Competition Pro!) and cannibalizing its
USB interface electronics to make an adapter for a "real" Atari style
joystick. That should even be easier than the above-mentioned
alternative, as all that is needed is removing the circuit board from
its original housing and tapping onto the electrical contacts for the
existing switches...
(One could, for intance, add a male DE-9 connector inside the original
housing - this way allowing a daisy-chain connection to a "real"
Atari-style joystick - or ditch the original controller altogether and
only save its circuit board / electronics - perhaps rehousing it in a
separate box.)
But all that requires soldering skills, nonetheless... so these are not
easy off-the-shelf solutions.
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znark
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Re: Playing old Commodore games with a new PC joystick [message #190127 is a reply to message #190125] |
Tue, 26 February 2008 02:42 |
Jukka Aho
Messages: 120 Registered: October 2003
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Jukka Aho wrote:
> An alternative would be buying a digital USB gamepad (or even the
> aforementioned USB version of Competition Pro!) and cannibalizing its
> USB interface electronics to make an adapter for a "real" Atari style
> joystick.
Come to think of it, the keyboard controller in a USB or PS/2 keyboard
could be used in a similar manner. Just ditch the actual keyboard and
solder the DE-9 connector on the contacts of the controller circuit
board.
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znark
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