Re: Joystick network program working

[Maarten ter Huurne]

At 09:55 PM 7/31/98 +0200, Patsie wrote:

>Eventho a DIN8 has way too many pins, I guess it will suffice for
>our purpose.

We could also consider DIN5. That's the one used for audio and for MIDI, so
it's probably more available.

>  SEND (DIN8 male)            RECV (DIN8 female)
>
> d0  1 ---------------+  +-------------- 1  d0
> d1  2 -------------+ |  | +------------ 2  d1
>ack  3 -----------+ | |  | | +---------- 3  ack
>gnd  8 -----------|-|-|--|-|-|--+------- 8  gnd
>                  | | |  | | |  |
>                  | | |  | | |  |
>                  3 7 6  1 2 8  9
>
>                  MSX (DB9 female)

And what about the auto detect option? I asked a couple of days ago, but
there was no reaction, so I'll ask again:
Would it be a good idea to connect TRG_A to RIGHT? Using this, we could
make an "auto detect" option: the program would be able to see in which
joystick port the network connector is plugged in.

Also, is it a good idea to connect the ground to the cable shielding? I've
seen that on a couple of cables.

Bye,
                Maarten
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