Im in.. who needs Kickstarter when you've got TPUG!
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Ben Kayfetz
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From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Chiron Bramberger <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 6:35 p.m.
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: PET Joystick Adapter Project
Actually I have a separate design that does sit between the keyboard and
computer, but that’s expensive.
I’m looking at doing this:
User port -> mcu -> db9
The mcu reads the db9 and then pulls the various pins low on the user port.
However, the idea is that there’s like 5 different profiles. So there’s two
buttons that switch between them. So like pac-man 2 is setup 1, and modded
Space Invaders is setup 2, etc.
So you’ve got your collection of joystick supported pet games, and you just use
the buttons to switch profiles based on what game you’re playing.
The idea is that you don’t have to mod any games or limit yourself to certain
games or have some static adapters that you have to switch between.
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On Apr 21, 2021, at 6:30 PM, Jim Orlando <jim.orlando@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chiron - Can you explain what it is you are considering building? Is it a
microcontroller that sits between the keyboard and the motherboard that allows
a joystick to mimic various key presses? eg so if a PET game uses the numeric
keypad for left,right and A for fire then your microcontroller would allow a
joystick to be "inserted" and mimic those key presses. And the settings you
refer to are to mimic different configurations (eg JL for left right and space
for fire, etc)? Or is this something entirely different?
Jim
On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 6:04 PM Chiron Bramberger
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Okay that’s pretty good!
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On Apr 21, 2021, at 6:02 PM, Jim Brain
<brain@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:brain@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
On 4/21/2021 4:59 PM, Chiron Bramberger (Redacted sender chironbramberger for
DMARC) wrote:
Very cool, you always rock Jim. How much?
http://store.go4retro.com/pcb-edge-connector/
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