[Coco] Joystick alternatives

[John W. Linville]

6 available, NOS

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WICO-Joystick-Adapter-for-RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER-BRAND-NEW-NOS-/331495107797

Not my auction...

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 04:34:55PM -0400, Michael Brant wrote:
> I was looking for alternatives.  Possibly at atari to CoCo adapter. I have
> a bunch of those joysticks already.
> On Mar 11, 2015 4:30 PM, "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:39:47AM -0400, Rogelio Perea wrote:
> > > On Tue Mar 10 2015, Michael Brant wrote:
> > >
> > > I am looking for joysticks for my CoCo 3.  Not sure best route to go.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The wiring info you can get from the CoCo 2 Service Manual at
> > > http://tinyurl.com/nfgw3ja - page 46 or so. A 100k pots joystick can be
> > > wired to suit if you'd like to roll your own, two buttons and a 6 pin DIN
> > > plug is the basics.
> > >
> > > If you find any of the Kraft joystick sold for the IBM PC (
> > > http://tinyurl.com/owu48aa) they will come with a plug that you'll have
> > to
> > > replace with the 6 pin DIN as used in the CoCo.
> > >
> > > These Kraft joysticks often show up on Ebay pointed to use on the IBM
> > PCJr.
> >
> > Surely it is still sufficiently easy to find Tandy Deluxe joysticks?
> > They don't seem any less rare than PCJr stuff...
> >
> > John
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