squiredogs Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I was going through my controllers, to further prune down my collection. I came across a joystick "coupler" of sorts. It is about 4 inches long, with two male 9 pin atari type connectors that feed to a single female connector on the other end. It may have been to a "CBS something," but I'm not sure... Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Do you have a picture you could post, the only thing that comes to mind is the PointMaster Fire control adapter, but it is only 2 inches long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiredogs Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 Here's a shot - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuzenTCA Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 To me it just looks like a regular run of the mill DB9 Splitter. It looks similar, but not exactly like the joystick adapter used to hook Atari Controllers to my Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer. Hope this helps, but I ain't no expert, just looks like that is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 To me it just looks like a regular run of the mill DB9 Splitter. It looks similar, but not exactly like the joystick adapter used to hook Atari Controllers to my Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Home Computer. Hope this helps, but I ain't no expert, just looks like that is what it is. 1009915[/snapback] If its just a plain strait-thru splitter, which would be my guess, it won't actually work for the TI-99/4a as the adapter for it has some additional electronics. The one I had for my TI was made by Epyx (I think) and consisted of a little box, about the size of a 2600 cart, with two male db9's and short cable that went to the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 If you asked me, it looks like the splitters used on an Atari ST so you could have your mouse AND joystick plugged into port 1. Otherwise you had to constantly lift and disconnect between mouse and joystick to play a game. The DB9 connectors on the Atari 520 and 1040 were real awkward to get to... and because it was basically a gaming computer, you ended up doing this quite a bit... switching out the mouse for the joystick and vice versa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilnick Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The Coleco Gemini 2600 clone came with these splitters. Each controller had a joystick and a paddle, to to use the paddle part, you connected the controllers to the Y connector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 The Coleco Gemini 2600 clone came with these splitters. Each controller had a joystick and a paddle, to to use the paddle part, you connected the controllers to the Y connector. 1010440[/snapback] Yes, that's what it looks like to me as well. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 If it were the reverse, it would be the High Score Double Play Y adapter. It allows you to use the same joystick for both player 1 and player 2. It only works on games that do not have simultaneous 2 player action. So there's only 1 female input? I haven't seen any like that, but what you described they looked like when you got them would make the most sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiredogs Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 So this is nothing that would be used on a 2600, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mitchell Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 The Coleco Gemini 2600 clone came with these splitters. Each controller had a joystick and a paddle, to to use the paddle part, you connected the controllers to the Y connector. 1010440[/snapback] Yes, that's what it looks like to me as well. Mitch 1010451[/snapback] Is the adapter is wired "straight through"? If so then the two Coleco Gemini controllers must have their pots wired differently. If the two controllers are wired exactly the same then the adapter is not wired "straight through". Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 The Coleco Gemini 2600 clone came with these splitters. Each controller had a joystick and a paddle, to to use the paddle part, you connected the controllers to the Y connector. 1010440[/snapback] Yes, that's what it looks like to me as well. Mitch 1010451[/snapback] Is the adapter is wired "straight through"? If so then the two Coleco Gemini controllers must have their pots wired differently. If the two controllers are wired exactly the same then the adapter is not wired "straight through". Rob Mitchell, Atlanta, GA 1012384[/snapback] The adapter is not wired straight through. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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