Re: Joystick for IIe platinum

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.invalid.za>]

On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:11:23 +0200, Linards Ticmanis wrote:

> Norman Lightfoot wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a good joystick to use for games on a Platinum IIe?
>>
>> The port on the rear of the unit is a female DB9.
>>
>> Will an Atari 2600 joystick work with a "gender bender", as the joystick
>> also has a female DB9?
>
> No it won't. The Apple wants an analog Joystick (using pots to tell *how
> far* it is moved), the 2600 Joysticks are analog (using switches that
> can only tell the system *if* it is moved or not).

There was an adaptation of the Atari joystick in one of the early Nibbles.
It involved soldering certain fixed values of resistance to emulate the
analogue Apple joystick.

>
> If you have a soldering iron you can build an adapter for PC Joysticks.
> You need plugs for the ends, some wire, two resistors and two styroflex
> capacitors. This adapter works well with all PC joysticks that have no
> extra electronics (like autofire etc.). An adapter that works with all
> DOS-compatible PC Joysticks can be built with a couple more elements.
>
> Or, look in a thrift store for Joysticks marked as "Computer
> Compatible". For legal reasons "Apple Compatible" couldn't be printed on
> them, so this "Code Name" was introduced. If they have a plug with a
> couple of naked pins in two rows, instead of a DB9, it goes into the
> second, Apple II+ compatible, internal joystick port of your Apple. This
> port looks like an empty chip socket and is not far from the normal
> joystick port near the back right of the main PCB.

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