Omega-TI Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 USB DB9 Adapter It might be nice to use a cheap USB mouse to play Missile Command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Omega-TI said: USB DB9 Adapter It might be nice to use a cheap USB mouse to play Missile Command. Those things were common in the early days of USB when serial mice were common. The 5200 has a 15 pin connector that is nothing like the 9-pin serial ports of old. So basically no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danjovic Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Trackball on 5200 operates in "analog" way. Velocity of pulses affect the current sourced to charge the capacitors at the input of pokey and hence the counting reported on each axis. In other words, some extra hardware would be necessary, for using this adapter to emulate a trackball in 5200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danjovic Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Apart from the buttons and power I mean something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 On 1/24/2021 at 1:21 PM, Danjovic said: Trackball on 5200 operates in "analog" way. Sort of like a mouse... On 1/24/2021 at 3:02 PM, Danjovic said: Apart from the buttons and power I mean something like this Hmmm... Ya know, I believe the time is actually right for a mouse interface for the 5200! 1) There are some games that a mouse would work well. 2) Not everyone has the real estate for a huge trackball. 3) Not everyone can afford those ridiculous Ebay prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 21 minutes ago, Omega-TI said: Ya know, I believe the time is actually right for a mouse interface for the 5200! 1) There are some games that a mouse would work well. 2) Not everyone has the real estate for a huge trackball. 3) Not everyone can afford those ridiculous Ebay prices. 5200 Trak-Ball schematics are in the Field Service Manual, so make it happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 The usb mouse to Atari/Amiga mouse part has been done for you, so, you have the above plus some keypad solution. The usb to a/a adapters use LM and RM for pins 6 fire 1 and 9 fire 2 on the DB9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danjovic Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Swami said: The usb mouse to Atari/Amiga mouse part has been done for you, so, you have the above plus some keypad solution. The usb to a/a adapters use LM and RM for pins 6 fire 1 and 9 fire 2 on the DB9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Maybe that op adapter will work in my masterplay clone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 2 hours ago, 0078265317 said: Maybe that op adapter will work in my masterplay clone? The above is a serial adapter. The DB9 ports on a Masterplay clone are for 4-way digital sticks and gamepads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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