Corby Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 If you are trying to use a Wico y cable with a 2600/7800 joystick on your 5200, then you will have trouble. It's designed for a Wico analog 5200 joystick. It just happens to use the common 9-pin plug. A wico y cable is not the same thing as a redemption adapter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby If it doesn't work with Wico stick and causes screen glitches-- it's the cable. Pot GND which is around +5V touching other wires can cause unpredictable effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bohoki Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby If it doesn't work with Wico stick and causes screen glitches-- it's the cable. Pot GND which is around +5V touching other wires can cause unpredictable effects. are you sure the "wico" stick is the actual a5200 stick? wico was dumb using the same gender on the 9 pin for their adapter and it causes endless confusion if they would have changed genders there wouldnt be the issue there is today(but then i guess they would have to worry about people plugging in an apple joystick if your wico isnt this one it wont work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corby Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby If it doesn't work with Wico stick and causes screen glitches-- it's the cable. Pot GND which is around +5V touching other wires can cause unpredictable effects. are you sure the "wico" stick is the actual a5200 stick? wico was dumb using the same gender on the 9 pin for their adapter and it causes endless confusion if they would have changed genders there wouldnt be the issue there is today(but then i guess they would have to worry about people plugging in an apple joystick if your wico isnt this one it wont work well I'll be damned!! it works good thing I held on to that controller. now all I need is the keypad that goes with it! thanks guys!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby If it doesn't work with Wico stick and causes screen glitches-- it's the cable. Pot GND which is around +5V touching other wires can cause unpredictable effects. are you sure the "wico" stick is the actual a5200 stick? wico was dumb using the same gender on the 9 pin for their adapter and it causes endless confusion if they would have changed genders there wouldnt be the issue there is today(but then i guess they would have to worry about people plugging in an apple joystick if your wico isnt this one it wont work Correct, there's digital joysticks by Wico as well. Usually in this forum, Wico means the analog ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atariksi Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 i just received it. I plugged it in my 2 port 5200. with of course the 5200 controller, and the 2600 controller. cx7800 joy pad, and a wico joystick. and when i push up on any of them the graphics on the screen get all buggered up. I know its not my machine or my controllers cause i have the atariage Redemption adapter, and it works great! any thoughts. the cable ends look in good shape, the steel prongs are straight, and no visible cuts. Could there be a bad kink or wires are broke and are touching???? corby If it doesn't work with Wico stick and causes screen glitches-- it's the cable. Pot GND which is around +5V touching other wires can cause unpredictable effects. are you sure the "wico" stick is the actual a5200 stick? wico was dumb using the same gender on the 9 pin for their adapter and it causes endless confusion if they would have changed genders there wouldnt be the issue there is today(but then i guess they would have to worry about people plugging in an apple joystick if your wico isnt this one it wont work well I'll be damned!! it works good thing I held on to that controller. now all I need is the keypad that goes with it! thanks guys!!!! You can use a Atari 2600/400/800 9-pin (DB9) keypad through this adapter: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320419137273 I have a bunch of those Atari 2600 keypads; if you want I'll throw one in with that adapter for a few bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Hey all, I sold it to him, so glad to see it it working. What works great with it is the Masterplay Clone. ProDos was selling some on here. Take care, RG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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