cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (07/09/88)
Someone asked if anyone had wired up the Vectrix console unit for the
Amiga. Since I happen to have some schematics for both the vectrix and
the Amiga I figured I would check it out. Basically they are damn close.
Here is the numbers :
Vectrix Amiga
Pin 1 Button 0 Pin 1 Forward
Pin 2 Button 1 Pin 2 Back
Pin 3 Button 2 Pin 3 Left
Pin 4 Button 3 Pin 4 Right
Pin 5 Pot X Pin 5 Pot X
Pin 6 Pot Y *** Pin 9 Pot Y
Pin 7 +5V Pin 7 +5 V
Pin 8 Gnd Pin 8 Gnd
Pin 9 -5V ??? probably pin 8
Note the vectrix uses 10K pots in the controller and expects -5 on the
other side of them. So you only get a range of 0-2.5 volts from the XY
controller, you can increase this by turning the internal adjustment pots
to minimum resistance.
--Chuck McManis
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