Re: Joystick Extension Cable?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steve ][ wrote:
> Where to get a 16-pin extension cable, and a 9-pin extension cable? 
>
> I plan to connect a KoalaPad to the 16-pin port and a regular joystick
> to the other one and need about 5'-6' distance from the main computer
> (since it will be near a TV).

They would be easy to make with ribbon cable and insulation-displacement
connectors.

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.

-michael

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