30 Jan
2001
30 Jan
'01
7:13 a.m.
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu>
If the TI uses a DSUB-9 connector (I must be the only
one here who
doesn't
have one), I wonder if the Tomy Tutor joysticks would
work. I know TT
joysticks are definitely not Atari compatible -- I nearly killed my C64
with
one (remember that the joystick lines go right into the
PLA, the glass
jaw
of the C64).
Atari joysticks may work with the TI save for connector. The ti joystick
is only an array of contacts in PARALLEL with the keyboard contacts
and there is no logic inside.
A common problem is the TI version of the joysticks have a poor contact
life so bad ones are good for the plugs and wires.
Allison