bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt) (01/10/89)
The Amiga's 9-pin controller ports can accept a wide variety of input and
output devices. This is the complete list of pin assignments for 5
different types.
Note the addition of "Button 3" for the X-Y proportional joystick. This
is intended to match the capabilities of existing IBM joysticks.
Commodore-Amiga controller port pinout list - 01/09/88
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Mouse,
Trackball, Proportional X-Y
Driving Controller Proportional
Pin Joystick Controller (Pair) Joystick Light Pen
1 Forward V-pulse --- Button 3 ---
2 Back H-pulse --- --- ---
3 Left VQ-pulse Left button Button 1 ---
4 Right HQ-pulse Right button Button 2 ---
5 ** --- Middle button Right POT POT X Pen pressed
(if used) to screen
6 ** Button 1 Left button --- --- Beam
trigger
7 --- +5V +5V +5V +5V
8 GND GND GND GND GND
9 ** Button 2 Right button Left POT POT Y ---
(if used)
** This pin may also be configured as an output
______________________________________________________________________________cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz) (01/14/89)
In article <5648@cbmvax.UUCP> bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt) writes: >Note the addition of "Button 3" for the X-Y proportional joystick. This >is intended to match the capabilities of existing IBM joysticks. Yeah! This is good. Very good. Now I can use three buttons *legally* and *by the book*. What about pin 2? As in "button 4", to "support future state of the art input devices". Any commercial analog sticks for the Amiga yet? Or how about commercial adapters for IBM sticks? I made my own and have written software to support it, but it's hard to have a feature in a program that forces the user to custom build hardware to use it. Anyone interested in an analogjoystick.library? We started writing one a while ago, but there was little interest... John Schultz
cs161agc@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (John Schultz) (01/14/89)
Re: Bryce's "Button 3" posting: Does this mean 1.4 is going to support analog joysticks (as in rom, library, or device?)? John Schultz