Spinnetti wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:10 am
back in 82, I simply cut a hole in the case, put in a joystick port, and hardwired it to the arrow keys... pretty simple....
Ahh, but number 5 key adds complexity. How did you handle "5" being on a separate half row (and hence using a different "common" line to the rest of the keys)?
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1024MAK wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:58 am
Ahh, but number 5 key adds complexity. How did you handle "5" being on a separate half row (and hence using a different "common" line to the rest of the keys)?
The Brazilian clones TK82/TK83/TK85 had a joystick input using this scheme. Line A12 is common for keys 6, 7, 8, 0 and line A11 is common for key 5.
The Atari joystick needs to be modified to work in this scheme.
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kmurta wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:47 pm
The Brazilian clones TK82/TK83/TK85 had a joystick input using this scheme. Line A12 is common for keys 6, 7, 8, 0 and line A11 is common for key 5.
The Atari joystick needs to be modified to work in this scheme.
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