14 Feb
2008
14 Feb
'08
10:03 p.m.
On Thursday 14 February 2008 13:05, Jonathan Gevaryahu wrote:
Afaik the MSX ports, while also DE9, are NOT
compatible with the
standard atari/commodore/sega joystick ports. A few pins were moved
around. Blame Microsoft.
(from http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/JoystickMsx_pinout.shtml)
Pin MSX Atari/Commodore/etc
1 /FORWARD /FORWARD or mouse XA*
2 /BACK /BACK or mouse XB*
3 /LEFT /LEFT or mouse YB*
4 /RIGHT /RIGHT or mouse YA*
5 +5V POT Y
6 /BTN1 or OUT1 /BTN1 or Light Pen
7 /BTN2 or OUT2 +5V
8 OUT3 GND
9 GND /BTN2 or POT X
* the encoding of these 4 bits for mice-trackball varied between
manufacturer and sometimes even between products (see CX-44 vs CX-80
trackballs by atari)
Yeah, but weren't at least some of the pins on the c64's ports tied directly
in with the SID chip? "Game paddles" comes to mind, and I have no idea how
other stuff that used similar ports handled those offhand.
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