[Coco] Tandy Joysticks

[David Ladd]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:57 AM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:

>
> I understand that some of the Tandy 1000's or was it 2000's used a Mini
> DIN version
> of the Color Computer's joystick port.
>
> I also believe that there were adapters allowing the use of Coco
> Joysticks on such a
> Tandy 1000.
>
> But when I search for Mini DIN6 Male to DIN6 Female Adapter the closest
> thing I find is
> a Mini DIN6 Male to DIN5 Female Adapter which you can see by going to
>

These type of DIN5 to Mini DIN6 were for converting AT keyboards to work on
PS/2 ports on computers that had those.



>
> https://bit.ly/3oR8sUy
>
> Which would definitely not work because of the lack of an entrance for
> the middle pin
> of a coco joystick. So I wonder if such things are available anymore or
> if it would have to be custom.
>
> Aside from that I was wondering if anyone knows where I would find the
> specifications and
> dimensions of a Tandy Mini DIN6 ?
>
> Charlie
>
>
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I wish I knew more about the Tandy 1000 and 2000 systems to help you.  As
the Tandy Color Computer 3 was the last of the Tandy computers that I
purchased.  After that it was generic IBM compatible PC parts setups.

Sincerely,
David Ladd
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