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Other => Amiga Hardware => Topic started by: skateblind on April 27, 2009, 10:02:12 PM

Title: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: skateblind on April 27, 2009, 10:02:12 PM
Check out this rubbish Amiga Game pad I got with my A600 E-bay package.
What is the second output for?

It looks like it has 4 buttons, but 2 of them are fake.
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: Anemos on April 27, 2009, 10:41:18 PM
Nice pad skate..  ;)
Amiga games support only 2 buttons any way..
the extension looks like doubler connector for mouse port (some games needed i thing..) or is adapter for Atari ST!
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: Hungry Horace on April 27, 2009, 11:53:05 PM
Quote from: Anemos on April 27, 2009, 10:41:18 PM

the extension looks like doubler connector for mouse port (some games needed i thing..) or is adapter for Atari ST!

looks like a Sinclair (grey) adaptor to me. I remember a couple of my joysticks having that on for usage with the speccy.

As you know yourself Anemos, the Sinclair port is wired slightly differently.
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: Anemos on April 28, 2009, 06:37:09 AM
maybe yes,maybe not.. if the board inside has eprom transistor like Genesis PAD ..Spectrum +2 ,+3 not working with that pads,
must be disconnect the eprom ,and use only the directs lines of board buttons.
i have made one of this pad for my ZX+3 ..
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: Hungry Horace on April 28, 2009, 12:45:03 PM
Quote from: Anemos on April 27, 2009, 10:41:18 PM
Amiga games support only 2 buttons any way..
actually, i think you can get 3 buttons through wiring alone.

The CD32 obviously has many more, but wiring is shared via a controller.

I think this pad will not have a controller though, and thus why it can be (has been) also wired for Sinclair usage.

I'd be interested to know if the second button works properly. Skate - have you tried plugging into the mouse port and seeing if one button acts like the right-mouse-button in Workbench?
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: Anemos on April 28, 2009, 09:53:22 PM
skate, open it and show us the board! lol
the FOL guy know everything about pads,but he forgot us..
Title: Re: My Amiga game pad.
Post by: FOL on April 29, 2009, 06:38:30 PM
Quote from: Anemos on April 28, 2009, 09:53:22 PM
skate, open it and show us the board! lol
the FOL guy know everything about pads,but he forgot us..


I havent left, lol. You were speaking to me today in work, :P