Re: game i/o - joystick adaptor

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Vincent Quinn writes ...

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> Anyone know a source for the 16-pin DIP plugs that go into the motherboard
> socket?
>

     You can get DIP plugs at Digi-Key and Mouser. Digi-Key also sells
DIP plugs connected to a length of ribbon cable. A local hobbiest
electronics shop may have surplus 16-to-16 DIP plug ribbon cables or
misc modules attached to 16-pin DIP plugs with cables.

     Another good source for 16-pin joystic plugs with cables is old
joysticks and game paddles you may find at thrift shops.


 
> I built the 9-to-15 pin adapter for the GS game port and it works fine with
> standard two-button PC analogue joysticks. I once tried attaching a PC
> gamepad (digital) that way and it didn't work at all.
>

     Good to know-- too bad, though. Do the digital PC joysticks require
special drivers?



Rubywand