killersquirel Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Hi All, I'm looking into building a controller for the atari 2600 (and maybe 7800 as well). Does anybody know of a place where I can buy a 9pin female joystick connector (db9) that is either already wired or able to wire it up and still look somewhat professional (i.e. no open wires) when finished? Thanks in advance. -mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boog Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 I usually just hack controller extension cables for building/modding any custom controllers. They're cheap, and will still look perfect on the console end since you only have to hack off the end that's going into your controller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiman99 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Altex sells 9DBM connectors with housing, for a cable you could use a Ethernet cable which contains 8 wires, you can get them in many colors. You can get many different types of 9DBM connectors, crimp on ribbon, solder, or crimp on pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Any modern PC's COM (serial) port extension cable will do. No shortage of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Any modern PC's COM (serial) port extension cable will do. No shortage of those. I believe the issue is that he is looking for a joystick type connector, one without the mounting ears/screws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Any modern PC's COM (serial) port extension cable will do. No shortage of those. I believe the issue is that he is looking for a joystick type connector, one without the mounting ears/screws. Yep. I am sure he wants it to look good. As far as extension cables go, the Atari/sega type extension cords have become hard to find. You certainly can't find them for cheap in bulk like you used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+David_P Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 As I recall MyAtari.com carries/carried joystick replacement cables - they're the joystick plug on one end, the black covered cable, and then the wires at the other end. If they're out, you can try Best electronics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Chop the cable off of a Sega Genesis controller. They're cheap and all 9 wires are populated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horseboy Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Chop the cable off of a Sega Genesis controller. They're cheap and all 9 wires are populated. Surely there is a better solution than this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigO Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Chop the cable off of a Sega Genesis controller. They're cheap and all 9 wires are populated. Surely there is a better solution than this... I"m sure there is, depending on your definition of "better". Manufacturing new ones would be better in that you don't have to destroy a dwindling resource to do it. But, that'd get pricey. Finding a cache of NOS cables would be nice. I bought some old Atari computer interface boxes of some sort (with RCA jacks) one time, NOS, but the cables were only two feet long. Edited March 17, 2011 by BigO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpugmire Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Best Electronics does sell replacement cables. I've bought a few. Seems like they were kind of expensive though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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