Tandy Joystick Pinout and Standard IBM 15 pin Joystick Connector

Peter A. Dinda - MIC@MACC - 608/263/7744

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Jan 20, 1992, 11:51:32 PM1/20/92

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Just having cleaned out my closet, I've com across a Tandy Deluxe Joystick
for the 1000. It has a round 6 pin DIN male plug. Is a pinout available,
or better yet, a mod to make it connectible to the 15 pin female D-shell
that's standard on PC Clones? In short, I would like to use this
joystick on my 386 but don't have documentation for the Joystick or the
IBM joystick jack. Please email if possible. Thank you.

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Bob Plencner

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Jan 21, 1992, 8:17:55 AM1/21/92

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Speaking of Tandy joysticks .... do the 1000sx joystick ports
support a 2 button joystick ?? I've run across software like
PC Paintbrush and various games that need 2 buttons on the joystick
(someday I'll get a mouse :^). I guess the bottom line is ...
what is the pinout on the 1000sx joystick ports ??

Thanks,
Bob
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Peter A. Dinda - MIC@MACC - 608/263/7744

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Jan 21, 1992, 12:39:55 PM1/21/92

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In article <1992Jan21....@apollo.hp.com>, bo...@apollo.HP.COM (Bob Plencner) writes...

>
> Speaking of Tandy joysticks .... do the 1000sx joystick ports
>support a 2 button joystick ?? I've run across software like
>PC Paintbrush and various games that need 2 buttons on the joystick
>(someday I'll get a mouse :^). I guess the bottom line is ...
>what is the pinout on the 1000sx joystick ports ??

My Tandy 1000 Joystick has two buttons and they are (were) supported in
a variety of games.

G.M. Richard

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Jan 24, 1992, 7:58:47 PM1/24/92

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The Tandy 1000 series computers will take a 2-button mouse, of the same
type as the Color Computers. Radio Shack sells them (or did last year)
with the 6-pin round connector. Perhaps someone else knows the
pin-outs, but that's as far as I know.

Speaking of pin-outs, does anyone know the pin-outs for a 9-pin serial
Microsoft Mouse?

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Scott Garee

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Jan 28, 1992, 9:15:14 AM1/28/92

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As I recall, the IBM port uses 200K pots, while Tandy
has always used 100K (since the CoCo first appeared.)
The pinout is shown in any 1000 or CoCo tech ref.
I think the regular CoCo manual also shows it.