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Joystick cable installed and 9 pin D socket installed in one of the convenient holes made by Apple :)


The other end plugs into the conveniently labelled 'Game I/O' DIP socket on the mainboard.

Are you going to make up the 9 pin to PC joystick port adapter so that you can use PC joysticks?

stephen_usher wrote: 14 Jul 2023 15:10 Are you going to make up the 9 pin to PC joystick port adapter so that you can use PC joysticks?

At the moment I have an Apple joystick on the way and I don't have any PC joysticks, so probably not right at the moment, though it looks relatively simple to do.

I used to have a few PC sticks, including a nice Gravis one, but they all eventually got replaced with USB sticks, so all I have are retro 9 pin sticks.

I do have a Toshiba analog stick, but I'd need to check the wiring before trying, so I'll likely just wait on the other one to arrive.

stephen_usher wrote: 14 Jul 2023 15:10 Are you going to make up the 9 pin to PC joystick port adapter so that you can use PC joysticks?

Looks like I may have to build the DB15-DB9 adapter. The joystick I bought from eBay was labelled as DB9 on the auction, but there were no pics of the plug, so I trusted the seller.

Sadly it turned out to be DB15.

:mad: :mad: :mad:

Hmmm....

stephen_usher wrote: 17 Jul 2023 13:15Hmmm....

I contacted the seller who has offered a partial refund to cover the costs of sorting an adapter out, so that is something I suppose.

Yeah

stephen_usher wrote: 17 Jul 2023 16:16Yeah

Partial refund arrived, nice an quick, works for me :)

Well, the DB9 to DB15 joystick adapter arrived yesterday, so I have this stick (Very good condition for sure, looks and feels great):


Hooked up to the port at the back:


And the joystick works a treat :)

I might see if I can build my own joystick based on the apple schematics for the 9 pin port, just for fun :)

Yay! At last.