TI-99/4A

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue Jan 30 07:13:12 2001

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>


>If the TI uses a DSUB-9 connector (I must be the only one here who
doesn't
>have one), I wonder if the Tomy Tutor joysticks would work. I know TT
>joysticks are definitely not Atari compatible -- I nearly killed my C64
with
>one (remember that the joystick lines go right into the PLA, the glass
jaw
>of the C64).


Atari joysticks may work with the TI save for connector. The ti joystick
is only an array of contacts in PARALLEL with the keyboard contacts
and there is no logic inside.

A common problem is the TI version of the joysticks have a poor contact
life so bad ones are good for the plugs and wires.


Allison
Received on Tue Jan 30 2001 - 07:13:12 GMT