Re: 2 joysticks

[Kevin Dady <kevin@hackaday.com>]

On Sep 7, 10:25 am, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 6, 4:10 pm, Egan Ford <dataj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sep 6, 12:09 pm, KP <kjpm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > How do you split the Apple II joystick port to allow 2 joysticks in
> > > one Apple II?
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> > Found this with Google:
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> > Apple Game Port (9-pin connector):
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> > Dsub-9 Female Socket (on computer)
> >   ,---------------------.
> >   \  5   4   3   2   1  /
> >    \   9   8   7   6   /
> >     `-----------------'
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> > Pin 1 - Pushbutton 1
> > Pin 2 - +5V Power
> > Pin 3 - Ground
> > Pin 4 - Game Control 2 or PDL2 (Joystick-2 X-axis)*
> > Pin 5 - Game Control 0 or PDL0 (Joystick-1 X-axis)
> > Pin 6 - Pushbutton 2*
> > Pin 7 - Pushbutton 0 (usually the "Fire" button)
> > Pin 8 - Game Control 1 or PDL1 (Joystick-1 Y-axis)
> > Pin 9 - Game Control 3 or PDL3 (Joystick-2 Y-axis)*
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> Is there a way to do this if I don't know how to make cables?  Are
> there pre-made splitters for this?

erm maybe but they are not going to be cheap cause demand for them has
greatly gone down since the 80's