Re: Kraft Joystick Question!

[wernst@cris.com (Warren "Llama" Ernst)]

rubywand@aol.com (RUBYWAND) wrote:

>In article <50k5e7$l44@News.Dal.Ca>, tony@ccn.cs.dal.ca (Tony
>Cianfaglione) writes:
>
>>
>>   I picked up a used Kraft joystick in good shape that looks identical
>>   Is it IBM?  Is there an adapter to use it with a II?

>     It is, probably, an IBM stick.

>     So far as I know, no one has ever produced a commercial PC-to-Apple
>joystick converter that works for a typical, high-quality, PC stick (like
>FlightStick, your Kraft, etc.).  However, directions for building a
>PC-to-Apple joystick converter were published in Spring II Alive. A
>condensed version of the directions is presented below:  
>
>         To PC Stick                             To Apple II
>(15-pin female connector)             (9-pin male connector)
>
>         [1] [4] and [5] --------------------------- [2]  +5V
>         [2] --------------------------------------------[7]  Button 0
>         [3] --------------------------------------------[5]  X-axis
>         [6] --------------------------------------------[8]  Y-axis
>         [7] --------------------------------------------[1]  Button 1
>                                                          [3]  Ground
>
What did you do about the buttons? I built one of these years ago, but
I found that the Apple expects the buttons to be "push to close
connection" and the PC expects teh buttons to be "push to open
connection" (or vice versa, its been a while). Someone suggested an
inverter, but I just went out and bought the correct modem.

Won't this converter still give you button problems?

Virtually,
Warr
former Beagle Bros tech support
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