Path: news1.icaen!news.uiowa.edu!NewsNG.Chicago.Qual.Net!nyd.news.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!news.uow.edu.au!david From: david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Game port Date: 22 Dec 98 08:55:31 GMT Organization: University of Wollongong, Australia Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <367C206E.7C6FFED2@cyberhighway.net> <367C41C1.751DC19C@cyberhighway.net> <367C9297.41580E52@swbell.net> <367CC1E9.1D1C7356@cyberhighway.net> <1dkd6b1.j7kiko1m9m3n2N@dempson.actrix.gen.nz> <367DD123.327F76D7@swbell.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wraith.cs.uow.edu.au X-Trace: wyrm.its.uow.edu.au 914317335 11359 130.130.64.1 (22 Dec 1998 09:02:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@wyrm.its.uow.edu.au NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Dec 1998 09:02:15 GMT X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #15 (NOV) Xref: news1.icaen comp.sys.apple2:143270 Rubywand writes: > Regarding pinout of 9-pin A2 mouses, is the following correct? Not quite (at least for the //c & //c+ in joystick mode). See below for correction to pins 4 and 9. >DB-9 Female Socket (on computer) > ,---------------------. > \ 5 4 3 2 1 / > \ 9 8 7 6 / > `-----------------' > Mouse Usual Game Port Function >1 MOUSE ID Pushbutton 1 >2 +5V +5V >3 GND GND >4 XDIR Game Control 2 or PDL2 (Joystick-2 X-axis) [not on //c(+)] >5 XMOVE Game Control 0 or PDL0 (Joystick-1 X-axis) >6 n.c. Pushbutton 2 (not on //c) >7 MOUSE BUTTON Pushbutton 0 >8 YDIR Game Control 1 or PDL1 (Joystick-1 Y-axis) >9 YMOVE Game Control 3 or PDL3 (Joystick-2 Y-axis) [not on //c(+)] -- David Wilson School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia david@uow.edu.au