Posted By
MMS on 2012-05-21 13:51:31
| Re: Joysticks & Joypads questions.
I think there was a rather good article on the topic from Levente Hársfalvi about the C16 / Plus/4 joystick and TED personal life.
http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/funet/cbm/documents/projects/interfaces/plus4joy/plus4joy.html
I do not read it through again, but if I remember well, the problem starts if the external device (joy) needs it's own power, not behave like a simple short circuit. Comes from totem pole or what (sorry, I am not a HW guy )
Maybe I am wrong, but this topic was mentioned on Bill Herd's video message too, as a short notice on design issues on Plus/4.
On the other side, there is a good article, how to transfer a NES Advantage (told to be one of the best robust joys) to C64 and even Plussy pin layout is included. Great and easy (In fact I bid to a NES advantage few months back, but it became too expensive, so I dropped the idea) Certainly: do not use the autofire !
http://yupferris.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
Back to Levente's warning: NO AUTOFIRE on Joy, then it should be all right for Plussy. I do not know, if feedback LEDs counts here or not...
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