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- From: jwoods@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Jeff Woods)
- Subject: Re: Woz //gs's
- Message-ID: <BtBvBL.7rp@cmptrc.lonestar.org>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 09:50:09 GMT
- References: <9AUG199209480479@utkvx3.utk.edu> <BsszF1.200@cmptrc.lonestar.org> <1992Aug12.080924.2753@micor.ocunix.on.ca>
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- In article <1992Aug12.080924.2753@micor.ocunix.on.ca> toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira) writes:
- >In article <BsszF1.200@cmptrc.lonestar.org> jwoods@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Jeff Woods) writes:
- >>Any IBM compatible joystick should work fine with an Apple ][. Just don't
- >>expect a joystick for a video game system (read Atari or NES) to work.
- >>There are some amazing joysticks available these days.
- >
- >Hmmm...don't they have wider connectors on the IBM (DB connectors...they
- >certainly don't have 16-pin ones)? I recall seeing a joystick that could be
- >used on a ][ or on one of those other nameless beasts...there were two
- >quite different plugs on the cable, one for the ][, one for the BM.
- >
-
- IBM joysticks connect to a "game port" on the PC which happens to have a
- 9-pin DB connector (actually a "DE" connector as I recall the standard).
- This matches the external joystick port on the ][e, ][gs, and (I think)
- the ][c and ][c+. The ][e and ][gs also have the internal 16 pin connector
- found on the ][+ and original ][, which is NOT compatible with the PC.
-
- By the way, I think the designations for "D connectors" are:
- DA - 36 (?) pin
- DB - 25 pin (hence the popular term "DB-25 connector")
- DC - 19 (?) pin
- DD - 15 pin
- DE - 9 pin
- The only 2 commonly seen are the DB (25) and DE (9) pin connectors.
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