at1r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Angelo Trivelli) (12/27/89)
Hi,
Does anyone know which pins are which on the Atari 800
joystick ports??
Specifically, I need to know which pins are for the paddle (potentiometer)
inputs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
---- Angelo Trivelli at1r@andrew.cmu.edugarygm@portia.Stanford.EDU (Gary Brainin) (01/08/90)
In article <oZZxiD_00Ugy43bGw1@andrew.cmu.edu> at1r+@andrew.cmu.edu (Angelo Trivelli) writes: > >Hi, > > Does anyone know which pins are which on the Atari 800 > joystick ports?? > > Specifically, I need to know which pins are for the paddle (potentiometer) > inputs. > > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. >---- Angelo Trivelli at1r@andrew.cmu.edu Oh, foo. I was hoping someone else would post this so I wouldn't have to drag out my docs, but I guess not. So, here it is, straight from the Atari Tech. Ref. Notes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 <-- the pins on the joystick _jack_ (not the plug) 1=(Joystick) Forward Input 2=(Joystick) Back Input 3=(Joystick) Left Input 4=(Joystick) Right Input 5=B Potentiometer Input 6=Trigger Input 7=+5 volts 8=Ground 9=A Potentiometer Input (As I recall, the paddle buttons used some of the joystick inputs, but I don't recall which. You'll have to experiment.) -Gary -- |Gary Brainin |BITNET: garygm%portia.stanford.edu@stanford| |garygm@portia.stanford.edu |UUCP: ...decwrl!portia.stanford.edu!garygm | |"...the right to be let alone-the most comprehensive of rights and the right | |most valued by civilized men." Olmstead v. U.S. (Brandeis, J., dissenting)|
person@plains.UUCP (Brett G. Person) (01/17/90)
OK. Here's one for you. How does the Koala Pad use the ports. A friend and I were playing with it last night and found that EAMbrandt didn't know how to read the pad. All we could get it to do was read the right and left buttons. It wouldn't read the surface of the pad. Hhat else is the koala pad good for? -- Brett G. Person North Dakota State University uunet!ndsuvax!ncperson | ncperson@ndsuvax.bitnet | ncperson@plains.nodak.edu
tob@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (ted.o.burger) (01/17/90)
In article <3138@plains.UUCP>, person@plains.UUCP (Brett G. Person) writes: > > OK. Here's one for you. How does the Koala Pad use the ports. A friend and The Koala pad uses the pot inputs on the joystick connector. The pad position is converted to a pulse width modulated signal which is applied to the pot inputs. The pad buttons are read like normal joystick switches. Ted
njd@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (nick.j.dimasi) (01/18/90)
"What else is the Koala Pad good for?" Well, I use mine with MicroIllustrator (I bought it used, privately, and it came with MicroIll.) The Koala Pad also works with MicroPainter, I believe, and with Fun With Art and probably Atari Artist (I think that last one came with the Atari Touch Tablet, which is what I was trying to buy [new] but was no longer being manufactured - darn magazine advertising scheduling!). There are also some PD/etc. programs out there that use it, e.g. Trails in ACTION! (ANALOG mag. - R.I.P.), something called Pixel Artist Deluxe (which our club's copy of, won't save to disk unless it was just a glitch in my friend's PD disk - but it acts like a bug in my humble eyes), and even Diamond GOS (but a mouse/trakball is best for that). Nick DiMasi Assistant Editor for 8-bits, SCAT Newsletter (I work for Uniq Digital Tech. and am under contract to AT&T-Network Sys.) (DO NOT reply using 'r' to this article, your reply will be forwarded to \0)