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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!vms.ucc.okstate.edu!v923137
  3. From: v923137@vms.ucc.okstate.edu
  4. Subject: GAME PORT PINOUTS -  HERE YOU ARE !!
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec20.222420.1@vms.ucc.okstate.edu>
  6. Lines: 31
  7. Sender: news@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu (USENET News System)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: vms.ucc.okstate.edu
  9. Organization: Oklahoma State University Computer Center
  10. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 04:24:20 GMT
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  14. It seems there is some interest in the pin-outs of the standard DB-15 IBM-PC
  15. compatible game port.  Well, here they are:
  16.  
  17. Pin              Signal
  18. ===              ======
  19. 1                +5VDC
  20. 2                Paddle #1 - Fire button/Joystick A
  21. 3                Paddle #1 - X Position/Joystick A
  22. 4                Ground
  23. 5                Ground
  24. 6                Paddle #2 - Y Position/Joystick A
  25. 7                Paddle #2 - Fire button
  26. 8                Ground
  27. 9                Ground
  28. 10               Paddle #3 - Fire button/Joystick B
  29. 11               Paddle #3 - X Position/Joystick B
  30. 12               Ground
  31. 13               Paddle #4 - Y Position/Joystick B
  32. 14               Paddle #4 - Fire button
  33. 15               +5VDC
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  35. Note:  If you look really close at the computer side of the plug, you will see
  36.        that the pins are numbered on the receptacle.  PLEASE look at this
  37.        before attempting to wire anything up to the game port to make sure
  38.        your orientation is correct.
  39.  
  40. -Jason Worley
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