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Hey there everyone!

I am new here (as you may be able to see) and I have a question to ask. I was wondering how I would get a Commodore64 Joystick to work on my MS-DOS 6.22 laptop.

The joystick connects to the serial (DB-9) plug and is a basic x-axis, y-axis joy, with 1 button. Anyone got any idea of how to make third work?


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Are you sure it is a serial device. I don't think so. Legacy joystick had a port just for the joystick. It was a three or four input port. It had ANALOG inputs.

If you wish to learn how to use that joystick with a modern nPC, this link may be of some help:
HTTP://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_port

If you need some help, come back here. I built a joystick interface long before they were common on the IBM PC. A dual 555 timer (LM556) is used to turn the analog value into a pulse.Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 19, 2012, 12:43:57 PM

Are you sure it is a serial device. I don't think so.

Neither do I. It just happens to use a DB9 connector.

+---------> Right
| +-------> Left
| | +-----> Down
| | | +---> Up
| | | |
_____________
5 \ x o o o o / 1
\ x o x o /
9 `~~~~~~~' 6
| |
| +----> Button
+--------> Ground

OK,, ignore my post.
Commodore64 joystick was not like the Apple type joystick. Instead it was a bang-button type where it is all or nothing, no degree of movement. I was thinking of the analog joystick.Hmmm, ok. I had heard that it was possible to do it, hence why I asked. I do have an analog joystick for an old macintosh (uses the old Apple Serial plug, looks similar to the old PS/2).

Please note, the computer I'm using to run MS-DOS is a Toshiba Satellite 2520CDT. It only has 1 DB-9 (serial) and 1 parallel (printer) port, there is no game port, and no replicator expansion port like some older LAPTOPS have. Just letting you know.


So I doubt that I could get the Apple joy to work because of the port type.


So is there no way to get the Commodore64 joy to work? no driver build or config setup? I have searched around the net for a solution, and I can only get other joys and reviews of the commodore64.Quote from: kosmro on March 19, 2012, 03:46:42 PM
Hmmm, ok. I had heard that it was possible to do it, hence why I asked. I do have an analog joystick for an old macintosh (uses the old Apple Serial plug, looks similar to the old PS/2).

Please note, the computer I'm using to run MS-DOS is a Toshiba Satellite 2520CDT. It only has 1 DB-9 (serial) and 1 parallel (printer) port, there is no game port, and no replicator expansion port like some older laptops have. Just letting you know.


So I doubt that I could get the Apple joy to work because of the port type.


So is there no way to get the Commodore64 joy to work? no driver build or config setup? I have searched around the net for a solution, and I can only get other joys and reviews of the commodore64.

Build yourself an interface



Or buy one

USB Atari RetroPort (works with Atari, Commodore, and Sega Master System digital gamepads and digital joysticks)

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=70



Stelladaptor 2600 Controller to USB Interface

http://www.stelladaptor.com/



Or buy a joystick with a USB plug



There is plenty of info out there, I'm surprised you could not find any, I just GOOGLED for "commodore joystick to pc" and found plenty of sites and this forum thread (just one of many)

http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4726&sid=5b9e0133ee61836a4989f19956a30f4dBut does USB work with MS-DOS?


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