justingj Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I have a project going on here at home that I could use some help on. I have a vintage Joust arcade machine, no pcb, monitor, gutted. I would like to buy an older 19" tv, stick in there, and wire the factory controls to a cord off a donor atari controller. I have a cord with all 7 wires, and have found the pinouts for a 2600, but I am wondering what the remaining pin or pins are, and if this project is feasible? Also, I assume once I hook the thing up the buttons will actually work, I'm not sure if they're a normally open or closed circuit, so I suppose that will be the deciding factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for, the 7800 controller port pinout? The arcade controller pinout? Can you be more specific? Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justingj Posted March 17, 2002 Author Share Posted March 17, 2002 The 7800 pinouts. I'll be able to figure out what to wire where on the cabinet itself, I just need the controller pinouts for the 7800. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 17, 2002 Share Posted March 17, 2002 Check here (2600 FAQ). Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justingj Posted March 23, 2002 Author Share Posted March 23, 2002 allright, I'm getting closer, 1 more question. When you say that some controllers had 520 ohm resistors and some had 620 ohm, do I have to have one or the other, or can I use anything in between? Radio Shack has 580 ohm resistors, or I can splice some together for 517, does it matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted March 24, 2002 Share Posted March 24, 2002 quoteWhen you say that some controllers had 520 ohm resistors and some had 620 ohm, do I have to have one or the other, or can I use anything in between? Radio Shack has 580 ohm resistors 580 ohms should be fine. Anywhere in the 500-600 ohm range should work. The specs don't need to be that exact, just the same as each other. Mitch http://atari7800.atari.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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