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On Thu, 03 Sep 1998 20:09:55 GMT, mnaninck@zeelandnet.nl (Marc
Naninck) wrote:

At first I would like to thank all you people who have responded to my
message. Its very good to see that I am not the only (retro-)game
addict/idiot around this planet, as my girlfriend often thinks;-))

From a friend I got myself a demo of a digital Rage 3d controller by
Thrustmaster. This demo got is connection cord cut off (to protect it
against theft in the shop this friend works). What i want to do now
is:

Contact Thrustmaster to get the wiring scheme so I can put a new
connector and cable in;

Get the drivers from their website (done);

Open up the controller and wire all switches of my "Arcade controller"
to the switches on the controller circuit board;

Connect it to my PC and play Arcade-games the way they have to be
played;-)

Only now (if this works) there is one problem left: The control pad
(of course) only has one set of directional buttons. I need TWO in
order to connect BOTH joysticks. So I think I have to clone the D/A
converter of the pad in order to get the second joystick to work. I do
have a scheme for an universal D/A converter, but I think the ones
used in game pads are better. Is there anyone having a scheme of the
D/A converter of this Thrustmaster joystick?


>Hello people,
>
>Lately I got a part of an arcade cabinet, on which are mounted:
>
>2 *DIGITAL* joysticks, 4 microswitches each;
>6 digital buttons, so in total 6 microswitches.
>
>I want to connect this set to my PC via the standard (Sound Blaster)
>game port. I want to have the possibility to play two player games
>using this "joy controller", so that each player has one joystick and
>three buttons.
>
>Now I have the following questions:
>
>-How can I connect TWO joysticks (analog or digital) on ONE game port?
>
>-How can I connect many (6 or more) buttons to ONE game port? In
>computer shops they sell controller pads with 12 buttons on them?!?
>
>-Can someone supply me with the pin-layout of the game port?
>
>-Does somebody have experience with this kind of project?
>
>-Does anyone have more info? *EVERYTHING* is welcome!!!
>
>Please, reply via *EMail*: mnaninck@zeelandnet.nl
>
>Greetz from Breda (NB), |\/|arc   ICQ: 17139828   Call me: 06-55786634


Greetz from Breda (NB), |\/|arc   ICQ: 17139828   Call me: 06-55786634