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In article <kennehra.718319941@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, kennehra@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Rich"TheMan"Kennehan) writes:
>Hi.  Is there any kind of adapter that I can build that will allow me
>to use my atari 2600 joystick on the IBM??  This would be for gaming
>purposes only where only 8 directions are needed (Like Gauntlet 2,
>commander keen, sopwith, robotron 2084, etc) Thanks in advance! 

One problem is the fact that the 2600 joysticks had only 1 button.
Some had two though, and you could just wire them separately.

I've been thinking about this too (also wiring a nintendo controller).
The analog joysticks have two potentiometers, with 100 ohms all the 
way to one side and 300k on the other (or something like that).  What 
you need to do is attach some resistors to a digital stick so that
left gives you 100, right gives you 300k, and center gives you 150k.

If there is anyone out there that has the knowledge maybe they could
figure it out, or maybe someone could find a newsgroup where hardware
hackers hang out and post a description of it there for some help.