************************************************************************** IBM JOYSTICK ADAPTOR FOR THE AMIGA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ Have you got some games in your collection which allow for analogue joysticks to be used? Are you fed up with the price of Amiga analogue joysticks? IBM joysticks are considerably cheaper, but cannot be directly connected to the Amiga. This lead will allow these joysticks to be used without any internal modifications to either the Amiga, or the joystick. Details ------- There are three files in this archive: Read.me (this one!) PinoutDetails LeadWiring PinoutDetails gives the pin numbers for the plugs in a form which is (hopefully) unambiguous. Both plugs need to be of the female gender. LeadWiring gives details of the actual wiring layout, and the resistors required to get correct information from the joystick to the amiga. On my lead I have soldered the resistors inside the 15 pin plug, as there is more space there than in the 9-pin side. If your soldering gymnastics are better than mine, then you could put the resistors inside the 9-pin plug instead. If you want a really smart job, then you could put the resistors inside the joystick, and put a 9-pin plug on the end of the joystick lead. Of course the joystick would then be incompatible with IBM controller cards. The resistors I used were 5% tolerance, 1/4 watt type. Both PinoutDetails and LeadWiring are IFF pictures created with dpaint. They can be loaded into DPaint for viewing, or viewed using one of the many IFF viewers around. Assembly hints -------------- When you have built the lead, take care not to short circuit any of the pins together. The Amiga CIA chips can easily be broken by applying 5 volts to the wrong pins, or by short circuiting some of the pins. You have been warned! And Finally... -------------- I don't expect anything in return for this information. I hope it proves useful to everyone who uses it, and saves them money. I don't want to see anyone making lots of money out of this. If you wish to make up leads and sell them to your friends for a small fee, then thats OK. If you make up leads and sell them to shops/businesses, then I expect to be in on it. Do I make myself clear? Finally, please circulate this file as far and wide as possible; BUT - keep the archive together, without additions/changes to the contents of the archive, or the included files. If any of the disk distribution services wish to distribute this archive on it's own or as part of a collection, please contact me. In exchange I would like a disk with some PD/shareware which I don't already have. Fred Fish is specifically excluded from this requirement, and may distribute this file without contact to me. IMPORTANT NOTICE: ----------------- ANY DAMAGE/INJURY RESULTING FROM THE USE/MANUFACTURE OF THESE LEADS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. I ACCEPT NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER. I have one of these adaptors which I use with an A2000 and a Quickshot model QS-123 joystick. I have not encountered any problems with this combination, or with an A500 and the same joystick. If you encounter any problems with other combinations, let me know and I will include details in this archive. You can contact me as follows: Paul Jewell c/o J.D.Jewell, 86 Clements Road, Ramsgate, Kent, CT11 7AF (My mothers address! - I am about to move house) or better: Fidonet 2:255/35.10 Compuserve 100010,2552 Only use Compuserve if you must. I can't afford to log on regularly! Paul Jewell Pontypool, South Wales 20-Sept-92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++