Re: TI-H: Joystick connector

To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: TI-H: Joystick connector
From: "Richard Piotter" <richfiles1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:01:22 PST
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


Go for it!!! Joysticks rule! Is it a positional or directional joystick. 
Positional measure exactly where the stick is and directional are like 
buttons, right, left, up, down...

Another thought, Someone tried connecting an ADB mouse to the calc I 
think. Turned into a big argument though about chips. Oh well, anyway, I 
have an Alps Glidepoint track pad, like on a notebook, but in it's own 
little box and it plugs into a computer. It has Ground, 5v+, and two 
data lines, like the link port! The one I got was FREE from Mac Mall 
just for ordering. If we could get it to work, it's the same size as the 
LCD on a calc (hint, hint) and all you have to do is get a pack of disks 
and you have it free!

Richard Piotter
richfiles1@hotmail.com

>
>I got a huge brainstorm in the middle of band the other day.  Since we 
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>weren't playing, I got out a pad and started scribbling out an =
>experimental schematic.  This is still preliminary, but I figured out a 
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>way to interface a joystick to my calc (gamepads will be done a little 
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>differently).  The first thing I did when I got home was pull apart my 
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>joystick and use my DMM to measure voltage on everything.  I then fixed 
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>my schematic.  I haven't built it yet, but I'd like some feed-back.  =
>This should work with and game currently out.  I will be posting a =
>finished schematic at ticalc.org within two weeks.  Tell me what you =
>think.
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>                                                                         
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>                   -Robert Brack
>                                                                         
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>                   reb@netride.com
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