[Coco] Atari Joystick Adapter for the Coco

[John W. Linville]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 06:39:39AM -0800, tim lindner wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Aaron Davis via Coco
> <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> > If i recall i saw something a few years ago that stated that you could use a
> > Sega Genesis Controller in place of an atari joystick, i wonder
> > if the new board would work for that on the CoCo as well.
>
> I just tested iridius's adaptor with a three button Sega controller
> (Model No 1650) and it worked.
> 
> The D-pad acted exactly as you would expect it to. The 'B' button
> mapped to the joystick button.
> 
> None of the other buttons were connected: 'A, 'C', or Start.

It sounds like he neglected pin 9 on the Atari/Sega side of the adapter...

	http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/images/a/af/Atari2ccV2.png

Not sure, but it might need to connect pin 5 to +5V as well...

John
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