[Coco] Joystick alternatives

John W. Linville linville at tuxdriver.com
Wed Mar 11 16:18:24 EDT 2015


On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:39:47AM -0400, Rogelio Perea wrote:
> On Tue Mar 10 2015, Michael Brant wrote:
> 
> I am looking for joysticks for my CoCo 3.  Not sure best route to go.
> >
> 
> The wiring info you can get from the CoCo 2 Service Manual at
> http://tinyurl.com/nfgw3ja - page 46 or so. A 100k pots joystick can be
> wired to suit if you'd like to roll your own, two buttons and a 6 pin DIN
> plug is the basics.
> 
> If you find any of the Kraft joystick sold for the IBM PC (
> http://tinyurl.com/owu48aa) they will come with a plug that you'll have to
> replace with the 6 pin DIN as used in the CoCo.
> 
> These Kraft joysticks often show up on Ebay pointed to use on the IBM PCJr.

Surely it is still sufficiently easy to find Tandy Deluxe joysticks?
They don't seem any less rare than PCJr stuff...

John
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