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- Linux Joystick parport drivers v2.0
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- (c) 1998-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
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- (c) 1998 Andree Borrmann <a.borrmann@tu-bs.de>
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- Sponsored by SuSE
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-0. Disclaimer
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Any information in this file is provided as-is, without any guarantee that
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+.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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+.. _joystick-parport:
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+===================================
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+Linux Joystick parport drivers v2.0
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+===================================
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+:Copyright: |copy| 1998-2000 Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
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+:Copyright: |copy| 1998 Andree Borrmann <a.borrmann@tu-bs.de>
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+Sponsored by SuSE
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+Disclaimer
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+==========
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+Any information in this file is provided as-is, without any guarantee that
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it will be true. So, use it at your own risk. The possible damages that can
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happen include burning your parallel port, and/or the sticks and joystick
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and maybe even more. Like when a lightning kills you it is not our problem.
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-1. Intro
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-~~~~~~~~
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- The joystick parport drivers are used for joysticks and gamepads not
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+Intro
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+=====
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+
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+The joystick parport drivers are used for joysticks and gamepads not
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originally designed for PCs and other computers Linux runs on. Because of
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that, PCs usually lack the right ports to connect these devices to. Parallel
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port, because of its ability to change single bits at will, and providing
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both output and input bits is the most suitable port on the PC for
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connecting such devices.
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-2. Devices supported
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Many console and 8-bit computer gamepads and joysticks are supported. The
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+Devices supported
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+=================
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+Many console and 8-bit computer gamepads and joysticks are supported. The
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following subsections discuss usage of each.
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-2.1 NES and SNES
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- The Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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+NES and SNES
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+------------
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+The Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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gamepads are widely available, and easy to get. Also, they are quite easy to
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connect to a PC, and don't need much processing speed (108 us for NES and
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165 us for SNES, compared to about 1000 us for PC gamepads) to communicate
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with them.
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- All NES and SNES use the same synchronous serial protocol, clocked from
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+All NES and SNES use the same synchronous serial protocol, clocked from
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the computer's side (and thus timing insensitive). To allow up to 5 NES
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and/or SNES gamepads and/or SNES mice connected to the parallel port at once,
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the output lines of the parallel port are shared, while one of 5 available
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input lines is assigned to each gamepad.
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- This protocol is handled by the gamecon.c driver, so that's the one
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+This protocol is handled by the gamecon.c driver, so that's the one
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you'll use for NES, SNES gamepads and SNES mice.
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- The main problem with PC parallel ports is that they don't have +5V power
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+The main problem with PC parallel ports is that they don't have +5V power
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source on any of their pins. So, if you want a reliable source of power
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for your pads, use either keyboard or joystick port, and make a pass-through
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cable. You can also pull the power directly from the power supply (the red
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wire is +5V).
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- If you want to use the parallel port only, you can take the power is from
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+If you want to use the parallel port only, you can take the power is from
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some data pin. For most gamepad and parport implementations only one pin is
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needed, and I'd recommend pin 9 for that, the highest data bit. On the other
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hand, if you are not planning to use anything else than NES / SNES on the
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-port, anything between and including pin 4 and pin 9 will work.
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+port, anything between and including pin 4 and pin 9 will work::
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-(pin 9) -----> Power
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+ (pin 9) -----> Power
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- Unfortunately, there are pads that need a lot more of power, and parallel
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+Unfortunately, there are pads that need a lot more of power, and parallel
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ports that can't give much current through the data pins. If this is your
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case, you'll need to use diodes (as a prevention of destroying your parallel
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-port), and combine the currents of two or more data bits together.
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+port), and combine the currents of two or more data bits together::
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- Diodes
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-(pin 9) ----|>|-------+------> Power
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-(pin 8) ----|>|-------+
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-(pin 7) ----|>|-------+
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- <and so on> :
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-(pin 4) ----|>|-------+
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+ Diodes
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+ (pin 9) ----|>|-------+------> Power
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+ |
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+ (pin 8) ----|>|-------+
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+ |
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+ (pin 7) ----|>|-------+
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+ |
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+ <and so on> :
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+ |
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+ (pin 4) ----|>|-------+
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- Ground is quite easy. On PC's parallel port the ground is on any of the
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-pins from pin 18 to pin 25. So use any pin of these you like for the ground.
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+Ground is quite easy. On PC's parallel port the ground is on any of the
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+pins from pin 18 to pin 25. So use any pin of these you like for the ground::
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-(pin 18) -----> Ground
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+ (pin 18) -----> Ground
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- NES and SNES pads have two input bits, Clock and Latch, which drive the
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+NES and SNES pads have two input bits, Clock and Latch, which drive the
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serial transfer. These are connected to pins 2 and 3 of the parallel port,
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-respectively.
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+respectively::
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-(pin 2) -----> Clock
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-(pin 3) -----> Latch
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+ (pin 2) -----> Clock
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+ (pin 3) -----> Latch
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- And the last thing is the NES / SNES data wire. Only that isn't shared and
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-each pad needs its own data pin. The parallel port pins are:
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+And the last thing is the NES / SNES data wire. Only that isn't shared and
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+each pad needs its own data pin. The parallel port pins are::
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-(pin 10) -----> Pad 1 data
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-(pin 11) -----> Pad 2 data
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-(pin 12) -----> Pad 3 data
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-(pin 13) -----> Pad 4 data
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-(pin 15) -----> Pad 5 data
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+ (pin 10) -----> Pad 1 data
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+ (pin 11) -----> Pad 2 data
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+ (pin 12) -----> Pad 3 data
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+ (pin 13) -----> Pad 4 data
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+ (pin 15) -----> Pad 5 data
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- Note that pin 14 is not used, since it is not an input pin on the parallel
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+Note that pin 14 is not used, since it is not an input pin on the parallel
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port.
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- This is everything you need on the PC's side of the connection, now on to
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+This is everything you need on the PC's side of the connection, now on to
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the gamepads side. The NES and SNES have different connectors. Also, there
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are quite a lot of NES clones, and because Nintendo used proprietary
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connectors for their machines, the cloners couldn't and used standard D-Cannon
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connectors. Anyway, if you've got a gamepad, and it has buttons A, B, Turbo
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A, Turbo B, Select and Start, and is connected through 5 wires, then it is
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either a NES or NES clone and will work with this connection. SNES gamepads
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-also use 5 wires, but have more buttons. They will work as well, of course.
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-Pinout for NES gamepads Pinout for SNES gamepads and mice
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- +----> Power +-----------------------\
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- | 7 | o o o o | x x o | 1
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- 5 +---------+ 7 +-----------------------/
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- | x x o \ | | | | |
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- | o o o o | | | | | +-> Ground
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- 4 +------------+ 1 | | | +------------> Data
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- | | | | | | +---------------> Latch
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- | | | +-> Ground | +------------------> Clock
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- | | +----> Clock +---------------------> Power
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- | +-------> Latch
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- +----------> Data
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-Pinout for NES clone (db9) gamepads Pinout for NES clone (db15) gamepads
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- +---------> Clock +-----------------> Data
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- | +-------> Latch | +---> Ground
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- | | +-----> Data | |
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- | | | ___________________
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+also use 5 wires, but have more buttons. They will work as well, of course::
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+
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+ Pinout for NES gamepads Pinout for SNES gamepads and mice
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+
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+ +----> Power +-----------------------\
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+ | 7 | o o o o | x x o | 1
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+ 5 +---------+ 7 +-----------------------/
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+ | x x o \ | | | | |
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+ | o o o o | | | | | +-> Ground
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+ 4 +------------+ 1 | | | +------------> Data
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+ | | | | | | +---------------> Latch
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+ | | | +-> Ground | +------------------> Clock
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+ | | +----> Clock +---------------------> Power
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+ | +-------> Latch
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+ +----------> Data
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+
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+ Pinout for NES clone (db9) gamepads Pinout for NES clone (db15) gamepads
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+
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+ +---------> Clock +-----------------> Data
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+ | +-------> Latch | +---> Ground
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+ | | +-----> Data | |
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+ | | | ___________________
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_____________ 8 \ o x x x x x x o / 1
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5 \ x o o o x / 1 \ o x x o x x o /
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\ x o x o / 15 `~~~~~~~~~~~~~' 9
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9 `~~~~~~~' 6 | | |
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- | | | | +----> Clock
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- | +----> Power | +----------> Latch
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- +--------> Ground +----------------> Power
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+ | | | | +----> Clock
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+ | +----> Power | +----------> Latch
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+ +--------> Ground +----------------> Power
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+Multisystem joysticks
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+---------------------
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-2.2 Multisystem joysticks
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- In the era of 8-bit machines, there was something like de-facto standard
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+In the era of 8-bit machines, there was something like de-facto standard
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for joystick ports. They were all digital, and all used D-Cannon 9 pin
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connectors (db9). Because of that, a single joystick could be used without
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hassle on Atari (130, 800XE, 800XL, 2600, 7200), Amiga, Commodore C64,
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Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and many other machines. That's why these
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joysticks are called "Multisystem".
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- Now their pinout:
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- +---------> Right
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- | +-------> Left
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- | | +-----> Down
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- | | | +---> Up
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- _____________
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-5 \ x o o o o / 1
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- \ x o x o /
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- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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- | +----> Button
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- +--------> Ground
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- However, as time passed, extensions to this standard developed, and these
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-were not compatible with each other:
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- Atari 130, 800/XL/XE MSX
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- +-----------> Power
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- +---------> Right | +---------> Right
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- | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
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- | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
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- | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
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- _____________ _____________
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-5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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- \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
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- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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- | | +----> Button | | | +----> Button 1
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- | +------> Power | | +------> Button 2
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- +--------> Ground | +--------> Output 3
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- +----------> Ground
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- Amstrad CPC Commodore C64
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- +-----------> Analog Y
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- +---------> Right | +---------> Right
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- | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
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- | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
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- | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
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- _____________ _____________
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-5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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- \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
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- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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- | | +----> Button 1 | | | +----> Button
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- | +------> Button 2 | | +------> Power
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- +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
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- +----------> Analog X
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- Sinclair Spectrum +2A/+3 Amiga 1200
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- +-----------> Up +-----------> Button 3
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- | +---------> Fire | +---------> Right
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- | | | | +-------> Left
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- | | +-----> Ground | | | +-----> Down
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- | | | | | | | +---> Up
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- _____________ _____________
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-5 \ o o x o x / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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- \ o o o o / \ o o o o /
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- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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- | | | +----> Right | | | +----> Button 1
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- | | +------> Left | | +------> Power
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- | +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
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- +----------> Down +----------> Button 2
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+Now their pinout::
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+
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+ +---------> Right
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+ | +-------> Left
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+ | | +-----> Down
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+ | | | +---> Up
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+ | | | |
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+ _____________
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+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1
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+ \ x o x o /
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+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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+ | |
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+ | +----> Button
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+ +--------> Ground
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+
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+However, as time passed, extensions to this standard developed, and these
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+were not compatible with each other::
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+ Atari 130, 800/XL/XE MSX
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+ +-----------> Power
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+ +---------> Right | +---------> Right
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+ | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
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+ | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
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+ | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
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+ | | | | | | | | |
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+ _____________ _____________
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+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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+ \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
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+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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+ | | | | | | |
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+ | | +----> Button | | | +----> Button 1
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+ | +------> Power | | +------> Button 2
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+ +--------> Ground | +--------> Output 3
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+ +----------> Ground
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+ Amstrad CPC Commodore C64
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+ +-----------> Analog Y
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+ +---------> Right | +---------> Right
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+ | +-------> Left | | +-------> Left
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+ | | +-----> Down | | | +-----> Down
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+ | | | +---> Up | | | | +---> Up
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+ | | | | | | | | |
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+ _____________ _____________
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+ 5 \ x o o o o / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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+ \ x o o o / \ o o o o /
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+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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+ | | | | | | |
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+ | | +----> Button 1 | | | +----> Button
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+ | +------> Button 2 | | +------> Power
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+ +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
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+ +----------> Analog X
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+ Sinclair Spectrum +2A/+3 Amiga 1200
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+ +-----------> Up +-----------> Button 3
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+ | +---------> Fire | +---------> Right
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+ | | | | +-------> Left
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+ | | +-----> Ground | | | +-----> Down
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+ | | | | | | | +---> Up
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+ | | | | | | | |
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+ _____________ _____________
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+ 5 \ o o x o x / 1 5 \ o o o o o / 1
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+ \ o o o o / \ o o o o /
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+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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+ | | | | | | | |
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+ | | | +----> Right | | | +----> Button 1
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+ | | +------> Left | | +------> Power
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+ | +--------> Ground | +--------> Ground
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+ +----------> Down +----------> Button 2
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And there were many others.
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-2.2.1 Multisystem joysticks using db9.c
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- For the Multisystem joysticks, and their derivatives, the db9.c driver
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+Multisystem joysticks using db9.c
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+For the Multisystem joysticks, and their derivatives, the db9.c driver
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was written. It allows only one joystick / gamepad per parallel port, but
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the interface is easy to build and works with almost anything.
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- For the basic 1-button Multisystem joystick you connect its wires to the
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-parallel port like this:
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+For the basic 1-button Multisystem joystick you connect its wires to the
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+parallel port like this::
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-(pin 1) -----> Power
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-(pin 18) -----> Ground
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+ (pin 1) -----> Power
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+ (pin 18) -----> Ground
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-(pin 2) -----> Up
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-(pin 3) -----> Down
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-(pin 4) -----> Left
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-(pin 5) -----> Right
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-(pin 6) -----> Button 1
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+ (pin 2) -----> Up
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+ (pin 3) -----> Down
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+ (pin 4) -----> Left
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+ (pin 5) -----> Right
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+ (pin 6) -----> Button 1
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- However, if the joystick is switch based (eg. clicks when you move it),
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+However, if the joystick is switch based (eg. clicks when you move it),
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you might or might not, depending on your parallel port, need 10 kOhm pullup
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-resistors on each of the direction and button signals, like this:
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+resistors on each of the direction and button signals, like this::
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-(pin 2) ------------+------> Up
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- Resistor |
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-(pin 1) --[10kOhm]--+
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+ (pin 2) ------------+------> Up
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+ Resistor |
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+ (pin 1) --[10kOhm]--+
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- Try without, and if it doesn't work, add them. For TTL based joysticks /
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+Try without, and if it doesn't work, add them. For TTL based joysticks /
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gamepads the pullups are not needed.
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- For joysticks with two buttons you connect the second button to pin 7 on
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-the parallel port.
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+For joysticks with two buttons you connect the second button to pin 7 on
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+the parallel port::
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-(pin 7) -----> Button 2
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+ (pin 7) -----> Button 2
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- And that's it.
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+And that's it.
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- On a side note, if you have already built a different adapter for use with
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+On a side note, if you have already built a different adapter for use with
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the digital joystick driver 0.8.0.2, this is also supported by the db9.c
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driver, as device type 8. (See section 3.2)
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-2.2.2 Multisystem joysticks using gamecon.c
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- For some people just one joystick per parallel port is not enough, and/or
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+Multisystem joysticks using gamecon.c
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+For some people just one joystick per parallel port is not enough, and/or
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want to use them on one parallel port together with NES/SNES/PSX pads. This is
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possible using the gamecon.c. It supports up to 5 devices of the above types,
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including 1 and 2 buttons Multisystem joysticks.
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- However, there is nothing for free. To allow more sticks to be used at
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+However, there is nothing for free. To allow more sticks to be used at
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once, you need the sticks to be purely switch based (that is non-TTL), and
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not to need power. Just a plain simple six switches inside. If your
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joystick can do more (eg. turbofire) you'll need to disable it totally first
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if you want to use gamecon.c.
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- Also, the connection is a bit more complex. You'll need a bunch of diodes,
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+Also, the connection is a bit more complex. You'll need a bunch of diodes,
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and one pullup resistor. First, you connect the Directions and the button
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-the same as for db9, however with the diodes between.
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+the same as for db9, however with the diodes between::
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- Diodes
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-(pin 2) -----|<|----> Up
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-(pin 3) -----|<|----> Down
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-(pin 4) -----|<|----> Left
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-(pin 5) -----|<|----> Right
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-(pin 6) -----|<|----> Button 1
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+ Diodes
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+ (pin 2) -----|<|----> Up
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+ (pin 3) -----|<|----> Down
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+ (pin 4) -----|<|----> Left
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+ (pin 5) -----|<|----> Right
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+ (pin 6) -----|<|----> Button 1
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- For two button sticks you also connect the other button.
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+For two button sticks you also connect the other button::
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-(pin 7) -----|<|----> Button 2
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+ (pin 7) -----|<|----> Button 2
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- And finally, you connect the Ground wire of the joystick, like done in
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+And finally, you connect the Ground wire of the joystick, like done in
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this little schematic to Power and Data on the parallel port, as described
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for the NES / SNES pads in section 2.1 of this file - that is, one data pin
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-for each joystick. The power source is shared.
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+for each joystick. The power source is shared::
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+
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+ Data ------------+-----> Ground
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+ Resistor |
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+ Power --[10kOhm]--+
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-Data ------------+-----> Ground
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- Resistor |
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-Power --[10kOhm]--+
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+And that's all, here we go!
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- And that's all, here we go!
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+Multisystem joysticks using turbografx.c
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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-2.2.3 Multisystem joysticks using turbografx.c
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The TurboGraFX interface, designed by
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+The TurboGraFX interface, designed by
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Steffen Schwenke <schwenke@burg-halle.de>
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- allows up to 7 Multisystem joysticks connected to the parallel port. In
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+allows up to 7 Multisystem joysticks connected to the parallel port. In
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Steffen's version, there is support for up to 5 buttons per joystick. However,
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since this doesn't work reliably on all parallel ports, the turbografx.c driver
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supports only one button per joystick. For more information on how to build the
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-interface, see
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+interface, see:
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http://www2.burg-halle.de/~schwenke/parport.html
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-2.3 Sony Playstation
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+Sony Playstation
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+----------------
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- The PSX controller is supported by the gamecon.c. Pinout of the PSX
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-controller (compatible with DirectPadPro):
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+The PSX controller is supported by the gamecon.c. Pinout of the PSX
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|
+controller (compatible with DirectPadPro)::
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- +---------+---------+---------+
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-9 | o o o | o o o | o o o | 1 parallel
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- \________|_________|________/ port pins
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- | | | | | |
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- | | | | | +--------> Clock --- (4)
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- | | | | +------------> Select --- (3)
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- | | | +---------------> Power --- (5-9)
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- | | +------------------> Ground --- (18-25)
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- | +-------------------------> Command --- (2)
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- +----------------------------> Data --- (one of 10,11,12,13,15)
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+ +---------+---------+---------+
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+ 9 | o o o | o o o | o o o | 1 parallel
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+ \________|_________|________/ port pins
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+ | | | | | |
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+ | | | | | +--------> Clock --- (4)
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+ | | | | +------------> Select --- (3)
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+ | | | +---------------> Power --- (5-9)
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+ | | +------------------> Ground --- (18-25)
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+ | +-------------------------> Command --- (2)
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+ +----------------------------> Data --- (one of 10,11,12,13,15)
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- The driver supports these controllers:
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+The driver supports these controllers:
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* Standard PSX Pad
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* NegCon PSX Pad
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@@ -336,207 +352,223 @@ controller (compatible with DirectPadPro):
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* PSX Rumble Pad
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* PSX DDR Pad
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-2.4 Sega
|
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-~~~~~~~~
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- All the Sega controllers are more or less based on the standard 2-button
|
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+Sega
|
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+----
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+
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+All the Sega controllers are more or less based on the standard 2-button
|
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|
Multisystem joystick. However, since they don't use switches and use TTL
|
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logic, the only driver usable with them is the db9.c driver.
|
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-2.4.1 Sega Master System
|
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The SMS gamepads are almost exactly the same as normal 2-button
|
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+Sega Master System
|
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|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
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+
|
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+The SMS gamepads are almost exactly the same as normal 2-button
|
|
|
Multisystem joysticks. Set the driver to Multi2 mode, use the corresponding
|
|
|
-parallel port pins, and the following schematic:
|
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-
|
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- +-----------> Power
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- | +---------> Right
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- | | +-------> Left
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- | | | +-----> Down
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- | | | | +---> Up
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- | | | | |
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- _____________
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-5 \ o o o o o / 1
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|
- \ o o x o /
|
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|
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
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- | | |
|
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|
- | | +----> Button 1
|
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- | +--------> Ground
|
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- +----------> Button 2
|
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-
|
|
|
-2.4.2 Sega Genesis aka MegaDrive
|
|
|
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
- The Sega Genesis (in Europe sold as Sega MegaDrive) pads are an extension
|
|
|
+parallel port pins, and the following schematic::
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+ +-----------> Power
|
|
|
+ | +---------> Right
|
|
|
+ | | +-------> Left
|
|
|
+ | | | +-----> Down
|
|
|
+ | | | | +---> Up
|
|
|
+ | | | | |
|
|
|
+ _____________
|
|
|
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
|
|
|
+ \ o o x o /
|
|
|
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
|
|
|
+ | | |
|
|
|
+ | | +----> Button 1
|
|
|
+ | +--------> Ground
|
|
|
+ +----------> Button 2
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Sega Genesis aka MegaDrive
|
|
|
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The Sega Genesis (in Europe sold as Sega MegaDrive) pads are an extension
|
|
|
to the Sega Master System pads. They use more buttons (3+1, 5+1, 6+1). Use
|
|
|
-the following schematic:
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- +-----------> Power
|
|
|
- | +---------> Right
|
|
|
- | | +-------> Left
|
|
|
- | | | +-----> Down
|
|
|
- | | | | +---> Up
|
|
|
- | | | | |
|
|
|
- _____________
|
|
|
-5 \ o o o o o / 1
|
|
|
- \ o o o o /
|
|
|
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
|
|
|
- | | | |
|
|
|
- | | | +----> Button 1
|
|
|
- | | +------> Select
|
|
|
- | +--------> Ground
|
|
|
- +----------> Button 2
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- The Select pin goes to pin 14 on the parallel port.
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-(pin 14) -----> Select
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- The rest is the same as for Multi2 joysticks using db9.c
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-2.4.3 Sega Saturn
|
|
|
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
- Sega Saturn has eight buttons, and to transfer that, without hacks like
|
|
|
+the following schematic::
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ +-----------> Power
|
|
|
+ | +---------> Right
|
|
|
+ | | +-------> Left
|
|
|
+ | | | +-----> Down
|
|
|
+ | | | | +---> Up
|
|
|
+ | | | | |
|
|
|
+ _____________
|
|
|
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
|
|
|
+ \ o o o o /
|
|
|
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
|
|
|
+ | | | |
|
|
|
+ | | | +----> Button 1
|
|
|
+ | | +------> Select
|
|
|
+ | +--------> Ground
|
|
|
+ +----------> Button 2
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The Select pin goes to pin 14 on the parallel port::
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ (pin 14) -----> Select
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The rest is the same as for Multi2 joysticks using db9.c
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Sega Saturn
|
|
|
+~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Sega Saturn has eight buttons, and to transfer that, without hacks like
|
|
|
Genesis 6 pads use, it needs one more select pin. Anyway, it is still
|
|
|
handled by the db9.c driver. Its pinout is very different from anything
|
|
|
-else. Use this schematic:
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- +-----------> Select 1
|
|
|
- | +---------> Power
|
|
|
- | | +-------> Up
|
|
|
- | | | +-----> Down
|
|
|
- | | | | +---> Ground
|
|
|
- | | | | |
|
|
|
- _____________
|
|
|
-5 \ o o o o o / 1
|
|
|
- \ o o o o /
|
|
|
- 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
|
|
|
- | | | |
|
|
|
- | | | +----> Select 2
|
|
|
- | | +------> Right
|
|
|
- | +--------> Left
|
|
|
- +----------> Power
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- Select 1 is pin 14 on the parallel port, Select 2 is pin 16 on the
|
|
|
-parallel port.
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-(pin 14) -----> Select 1
|
|
|
-(pin 16) -----> Select 2
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- The other pins (Up, Down, Right, Left, Power, Ground) are the same as for
|
|
|
+else. Use this schematic::
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ +-----------> Select 1
|
|
|
+ | +---------> Power
|
|
|
+ | | +-------> Up
|
|
|
+ | | | +-----> Down
|
|
|
+ | | | | +---> Ground
|
|
|
+ | | | | |
|
|
|
+ _____________
|
|
|
+ 5 \ o o o o o / 1
|
|
|
+ \ o o o o /
|
|
|
+ 9 `~~~~~~~' 6
|
|
|
+ | | | |
|
|
|
+ | | | +----> Select 2
|
|
|
+ | | +------> Right
|
|
|
+ | +--------> Left
|
|
|
+ +----------> Power
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Select 1 is pin 14 on the parallel port, Select 2 is pin 16 on the
|
|
|
+parallel port::
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ (pin 14) -----> Select 1
|
|
|
+ (pin 16) -----> Select 2
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The other pins (Up, Down, Right, Left, Power, Ground) are the same as for
|
|
|
Multi joysticks using db9.c
|
|
|
|
|
|
-3. The drivers
|
|
|
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
- There are three drivers for the parallel port interfaces. Each, as
|
|
|
+The drivers
|
|
|
+===========
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+There are three drivers for the parallel port interfaces. Each, as
|
|
|
described above, allows to connect a different group of joysticks and pads.
|
|
|
Here are described their command lines:
|
|
|
|
|
|
-3.1 gamecon.c
|
|
|
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
- Using gamecon.c you can connect up to five devices to one parallel port. It
|
|
|
-uses the following kernel/module command line:
|
|
|
+gamecon.c
|
|
|
+---------
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+Using gamecon.c you can connect up to five devices to one parallel port. It
|
|
|
+uses the following kernel/module command line::
|
|
|
|
|
|
gamecon.map=port,pad1,pad2,pad3,pad4,pad5
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Where 'port' the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
|
|
|
+Where ``port`` the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
|
|
|
|
|
|
- And 'pad1' to 'pad5' are pad types connected to different data input pins
|
|
|
+And ``pad1`` to ``pad5`` are pad types connected to different data input pins
|
|
|
(10,11,12,13,15), as described in section 2.1 of this file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
- The types are:
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- Type | Joystick/Pad
|
|
|
- --------------------
|
|
|
- 0 | None
|
|
|
- 1 | SNES pad
|
|
|
- 2 | NES pad
|
|
|
- 4 | Multisystem 1-button joystick
|
|
|
- 5 | Multisystem 2-button joystick
|
|
|
- 6 | N64 pad
|
|
|
- 7 | Sony PSX controller
|
|
|
- 8 | Sony PSX DDR controller
|
|
|
- 9 | SNES mouse
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
- The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used, so
|
|
|
+The types are:
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+ ===== =============================
|
|
|
+ Type Joystick/Pad
|
|
|
+ ===== =============================
|
|
|
+ 0 None
|
|
|
+ 1 SNES pad
|
|
|
+ 2 NES pad
|
|
|
+ 4 Multisystem 1-button joystick
|
|
|
+ 5 Multisystem 2-button joystick
|
|
|
+ 6 N64 pad
|
|
|
+ 7 Sony PSX controller
|
|
|
+ 8 Sony PSX DDR controller
|
|
|
+ 9 SNES mouse
|
|
|
+ ===== =============================
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+The exact type of the PSX controller type is autoprobed when used, so
|
|
|
hot swapping should work (but is not recommended).
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Should you want to use more than one of parallel ports at once, you can use
|
|
|
+Should you want to use more than one of parallel ports at once, you can use
|
|
|
gamecon.map2 and gamecon.map3 as additional command line parameters for two
|
|
|
more parallel ports.
|
|
|
|
|
|
- There are two options specific to PSX driver portion. gamecon.psx_delay sets
|
|
|
+There are two options specific to PSX driver portion. gamecon.psx_delay sets
|
|
|
the command delay when talking to the controllers. The default of 25 should
|
|
|
work but you can try lowering it for better performance. If your pads don't
|
|
|
respond try raising it until they work. Setting the type to 8 allows the
|
|
|
driver to be used with Dance Dance Revolution or similar games. Arrow keys are
|
|
|
registered as key presses instead of X and Y axes.
|
|
|
|
|
|
-3.2 db9.c
|
|
|
-~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
- Apart from making an interface, there is nothing difficult on using the
|
|
|
-db9.c driver. It uses the following kernel/module command line:
|
|
|
+db9.c
|
|
|
+-----
|
|
|
+
|
|
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+Apart from making an interface, there is nothing difficult on using the
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+db9.c driver. It uses the following kernel/module command line::
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db9.dev=port,type
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- Where 'port' is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
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+Where ``port`` is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
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- Caveat here: This driver only works on bidirectional parallel ports. If
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+Caveat here: This driver only works on bidirectional parallel ports. If
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your parallel port is recent enough, you should have no trouble with this.
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Old parallel ports may not have this feature.
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- 'Type' is the type of joystick or pad attached:
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-
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- Type | Joystick/Pad
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- --------------------
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- 0 | None
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- 1 | Multisystem 1-button joystick
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- 2 | Multisystem 2-button joystick
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- 3 | Genesis pad (3+1 buttons)
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- 5 | Genesis pad (5+1 buttons)
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- 6 | Genesis pad (6+2 buttons)
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- 7 | Saturn pad (8 buttons)
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- 8 | Multisystem 1-button joystick (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
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- 9 | Two Multisystem 1-button joysticks (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
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- 10 | Amiga CD32 pad
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-
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- Should you want to use more than one of these joysticks/pads at once, you
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+``Type`` is the type of joystick or pad attached:
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+
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+ ===== ======================================================
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+ Type Joystick/Pad
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+ ===== ======================================================
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+ 0 None
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+ 1 Multisystem 1-button joystick
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+ 2 Multisystem 2-button joystick
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+ 3 Genesis pad (3+1 buttons)
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+ 5 Genesis pad (5+1 buttons)
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+ 6 Genesis pad (6+2 buttons)
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+ 7 Saturn pad (8 buttons)
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+ 8 Multisystem 1-button joystick (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
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+ 9 Two Multisystem 1-button joysticks (v0.8.0.2 pin-out)
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+ 10 Amiga CD32 pad
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+ ===== ======================================================
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+
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+Should you want to use more than one of these joysticks/pads at once, you
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can use db9.dev2 and db9.dev3 as additional command line parameters for two
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more joysticks/pads.
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-3.3 turbografx.c
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- The turbografx.c driver uses a very simple kernel/module command line:
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+turbografx.c
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+------------
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+
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+The turbografx.c driver uses a very simple kernel/module command line::
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turbografx.map=port,js1,js2,js3,js4,js5,js6,js7
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- Where 'port' is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
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+Where ``port`` is the number of the parport interface (eg. 0 for parport0).
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- 'jsX' is the number of buttons the Multisystem joysticks connected to the
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+``jsX`` is the number of buttons the Multisystem joysticks connected to the
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interface ports 1-7 have. For a standard multisystem joystick, this is 1.
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- Should you want to use more than one of these interfaces at once, you can
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+Should you want to use more than one of these interfaces at once, you can
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use turbografx.map2 and turbografx.map3 as additional command line parameters
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for two more interfaces.
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-3.4 PC parallel port pinout
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-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+PC parallel port pinout
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+-----------------------
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+
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+::
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+
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.----------------------------------------.
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At the PC: \ 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 /
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\ 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 /
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Pin | Name | Description
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- ~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~
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- 1 | /STROBE | Strobe
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- 2-9 | D0-D7 | Data Bit 0-7
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- 10 | /ACK | Acknowledge
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- 11 | BUSY | Busy
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- 12 | PE | Paper End
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- 13 | SELIN | Select In
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- 14 | /AUTOFD | Autofeed
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- 15 | /ERROR | Error
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- 16 | /INIT | Initialize
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- 17 | /SEL | Select
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- 18-25 | GND | Signal Ground
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-
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-3.5 End
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-~~~~~~~
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- That's all, folks! Have fun!
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+====== ======= =============
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+ Pin Name Description
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+====== ======= =============
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+ 1 /STROBE Strobe
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+ 2-9 D0-D7 Data Bit 0-7
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+ 10 /ACK Acknowledge
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+ 11 BUSY Busy
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+ 12 PE Paper End
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+ 13 SELIN Select In
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+ 14 /AUTOFD Autofeed
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+ 15 /ERROR Error
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+ 16 /INIT Initialize
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+ 17 /SEL Select
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+ 18-25 GND Signal Ground
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+====== ======= =============
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+
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+
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+That's all, folks! Have fun!
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab