Peripheral question

[kruuth]

Hi all, been lurking here a long time and was considering a little build project...

 

as you all probably know, the competition pro stick worked great, but you had to use an original 5200 controller b/c of the start/pause/reset buttons and the keypad. I'd like to know, has anyone built up a box that plugs into the 5200's controller ports and has the s/p/r buttons and the numeric, and has ports for like a 2600 joystick?

 

I was kicking around the idea of building something like this as a little project.

[bohoki]

Hi all, been lurking here a long time and was considering a little build project...

 

as you all probably know, the competition pro stick worked great, but you had to use an original 5200 controller b/c of the start/pause/reset buttons and the keypad. I'd like to know, has anyone built up a box that plugs into the 5200's controller ports and has the s/p/r buttons and the numeric, and has ports for like a 2600 joystick?

 

I was kicking around the idea of building something like this as a little project.

 

 

i did make this out of a bunch of small microswitches

but it was quite a pain making the matrix

 

 

but then i saw these on ebay

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 200186959864

 

this is the same one they used on the starcon joystick

 

then i saw these

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260562474793

 

notice it has solder points above it

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 130395110380

 

solder points below

 

you could use the abc as start,pause,reset

 

i was thinking about ordering a few to use with my adapters i make for pc joysticks but i hate having to order stuff from china

 

 

a 2600 joystick is not compatable with the 5200 except through some slightly complicated switching circuit and then you loose all analog control

 

which is why i prefer to use pc joysticks just a couple capacitors and you are good to go and if you want absolute digital control you just plug in a pc gamepad like the origional gravis or a quickshot

 

 

ps doesnt the competition pro actually use the 5200s pots as resistance someone told me if you didnt perfectly center the 5200 stick then it is offcenter

[tz101]

i did make this out of a bunch of small microswitches

but it was quite a pain making the matrix

 

 

but then i saw these on ebay

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 200186959864

 

this is the same one they used on the starcon joystick

 

then i saw these

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260562474793

 

notice it has solder points above it

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 130395110380

 

solder points below

 

you could use the abc as start,pause,reset

 

The bottom two links show keypads that would work great. All someone would need to do is to wire in a VCS joystick port (not considering the changeover from digital to analog that would have to be addressed as well).

 

Like you said, the A, B, and C buttons could function for start, pause, and reset.

[kruuth]

i did make this out of a bunch of small microswitches

but it was quite a pain making the matrix

 

 

but then i saw these on ebay

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 200186959864

 

this is the same one they used on the starcon joystick

 

then i saw these

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260562474793

 

notice it has solder points above it

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 130395110380

 

solder points below

 

you could use the abc as start,pause,reset

 

The bottom two links show keypads that would work great. All someone would need to do is to wire in a VCS joystick port (not considering the changeover from digital to analog that would have to be addressed as well).

 

Like you said, the A, B, and C buttons could function for start, pause, and reset.

Yeah, the competition pro used the pots. If you pushed the stick on the 5200 up you'd get up on both.

 

I was thinking about adding that as well. Save a bit of trouble since you could use coleco, atari, sega, etc.