is texas instruments joystick port the same as an atari?

[Shannon]

I'm just curious if the pinout on a texas instruments computer is the same as the 2600, 7800, and 8-bits.

[CPUWIZ]

Nope.

 

TI:

 

1: ?

2: Stick A enable

3: North

4: Fire

5: West

6: ?

7: Stick B enable

8: South

9: East

 

Atari:

 

1: North

2: South

3: West

4: East

5: Paddle A

6: Fire

7: +5V / Common

8: GND

9: Paddle B

[Shannon]

drat... thanks for moving this to the right forum though.

[jsoper]

There's a 2600 joystick adapter for the ti99 though. You see them on

ebay for reasonable prices.