I was looking at the Stelladapter. It's great but a little pricey - especially if you need two (with current exchange rates that would cost over $100 CAD).
I was thinking, couldn't one pick up a cheap USB gamepad from a Thrift store, open it up and solder a DB9 connector directly to the contacts? You'd plug your old, original joystick into this DB9 connector.
Voila, a cheap "Stelladapter". A little ugly perhaps, but it should work.
Anyone forsee a problem with this approach?
DIY vintage joystick to USB?
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- Pedro Lambrini
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I've got a piccy here:
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqunGh9
I think this is what your looking for.
http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=PqunGh9
I think this is what your looking for.
Awesome! So did you whip up that picture, or is this a hack people are already doing?
I wonder if it's possible to get even closer to the chip, so you can cut away most of the un-needed circuit board and put it in a smaller package. There's no chip or pinout info in that drawing.
Also, is that depiction of the DB9 showing the back (solder side) or the pins (front side)? I think back side view is standard on drawings like this, no?
I wonder if it's possible to get even closer to the chip, so you can cut away most of the un-needed circuit board and put it in a smaller package. There's no chip or pinout info in that drawing.
Also, is that depiction of the DB9 showing the back (solder side) or the pins (front side)? I think back side view is standard on drawings like this, no?
- Pedro Lambrini
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I think I got the picture from a post on Lemon 64 ages ago. I kept it with the intention of doing what you're talking about but RL kicked in...ral-clan wrote:Awesome! So did you whip up that picture, or is this a hack people are already doing?
I wonder if it's possible to get even closer to the chip, so you can cut away most of the un-needed circuit board and put it in a smaller package. There's no chip or pinout info in that drawing.
Also, is that depiction of the DB9 showing the back (solder side) or the pins (front side)? I think back side view is standard on drawings like this, no?
As far as the orientation of the socket goes I think you're right. It's the back view.
I've lost track of how many times I've posted it at Lemon. I think this might have been the first time though.Pedro Lambrini wrote:I think I got the picture from a post on Lemon 64 ages ago.
In the end it will be as if nothing ever happened.