At 13:33 4-8-97 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi there!
>I have a problem...I'm trying to build a jack for an MSX joystick to my PC
>(in order to run it under emulators, like FMSX). That's because I own a
>joypad Yanjen -do you remember them?-...i think is the best ever made.
>I know the pins of MSX port, actually I think they where
The PC joysticks/joypads use a very different system. MSX joysticks are
digital (either there is a connection or there isn't), but PC joysticks are
analog (they measure the angle of the stick using a variable resistor). PC
joypads use the same system as the PC joysticks, but they have only three
values for the resistance (1 for left, 1 for middle and 1 for right).
Maybe a converter is possible, but it's not as simple as connecting the
wires to the right pins.
Bye,
Maarten
