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- From: Dave Belter <dbelter@ix.netcom.com>
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- Subject: Re: PC gamepad on a c64?
- Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 21:31:28 -0600
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- Peter T Karlsson wrote:
- >
- > > Is it possible (not easy, just possible) to use a PC or Nintendo or
- > > Mac gamepad on a C64?
- >
- > I think that the PC gamepads differ, but the Nintendo ones should go if you
- > changed connectors.
- >
- > Otherwise, old SEGA gamepads (from the 8-bit SEGAs) do work with C64. I
- > haven't run them myself, since I never could find a SEGA owner who would
- > donate a gamepad to me :-), but I've seen people using them.
-
- Nintendo pads use SERIAL connections, ie. ONE or two lines to send the data back, they work
- more like a 1541 then a joystick.
-
- The BEST bet and the easiest is a Sega Master system ones, I use a Epyx 500 Sega Master system
- joystick for my C64, even modified it for Rapid fire with the second button.
-
- If you really want more info, some electronic magazine published the specs to convert Nintendo
- and other Joypads to work on a PC. I think it even had info to convert them the other way. It
- told you what the connections were and what would be need to convert them.
-