Re: Joystick Extension Cable?

["Steve ][" <sc-ii@hotmail.com>]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:29:41 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>You can't parallel joystick devices, so the KoalaPad would have to be
>disconnected while the joystick was being used, and vice versa.  The
>9-pin port just contains a subset of the signals on the internal 16-pin
>game port--the common signals are the same wires.
>
>Since there are actually 4 joystick (paddle) inputs, you could also
>jumper a cable to put "paddle 0 and 1" into "paddle 2 and 3" inputs,
>but your software would have to tolerate the reassignment.

[snip]

Thanks for refreshing my memory. *That* is why I wanted a
Paddle-Adapple when I was growing up. OK, now I remember.