26 Feb
2010
26 Feb
'10
9:07 p.m.
I need to do a bit more research on this. But can
someone suggest a
good joystick for older PCs with db15 connectors? Most of them seem
to be cheesy flight sticks. I've seen playstation style controllers
with usb connectors on them. Something like this would be ideal if it
had a db15 connector. Any suggestions?
When IBM first released the "analog input board", they were not selling a
joystick at the time.
But, in the Technical Reference Manual, they had the pinout, the
schematic, the source code of the input routine, and a drawing of a Radio
Shack Color Computer joystick!
Clipping one wire, and replacing the DIN plug with a DA15 (they did not
ever use a DB15), produced a result that operated exactly as intended.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com