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Where to buy Joysticks?
« on: July 30, 2013, 07:36:14 AM »
Is there still a source where someone can buy Joysticks with ATARI/AMIGA D9 connector?

Not used ones from Ebay but new ones I'm looking for.

Any idea?

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 07:55:05 AM »
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 08:14:15 AM »
As far as I know neither amigakit or vesalia has any, if you are no stranger to soldering you can get pretty much any joystick you can find working on Amiga, it's quite easy to get hands on genesis/megadrive joysticks for low prices and they are easy to modify tho they are a lot bigger then the miggy joysticks

If you can get/build a housing there are quite easy to build and use arcade joystick parts and ebay is full of buttons and sticks.

The Competition Pro USB joysticks are new and you can open em up and solder wires manually to use it for Amiga.

Other then soldering and building I don't know of any new sources. but the genesis/megadrive joysticks are easiest to get running and easy to get hold of.
 

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 10:23:04 AM »
Quote from: biggun;743055
Is there still a source where someone can buy Joysticks with ATARI/AMIGA D9 connector?

Not used ones from Ebay but new ones I'm looking for.

Any idea?


Whoa, hallo Gunnar, nice to see you again :)

Another possibility would be to get a hold of Playstation to DB9 converter, and then you can have truly new joypads. And quality ones too.

But, if you really need native Amiga DB9 joysticks (for testing purposes or something) you can still check Ebay. New (unused)joysticks pop up from time to time, although at a higher price. Also there are (near) mint pieces. So...

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 12:36:47 PM »
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Whoa, hallo Gunnar, nice to see you again :)

Another possibility would be to get a hold of Playstation to DB9 converter, and then you can have truly new joypads. And quality ones too.

But, if you really need native Amiga DB9 joysticks (for testing purposes or something) you can still check Ebay. New (unused)joysticks pop up from time to time, although at a higher price. Also there are (near) mint pieces. So...

Tschüss !


Hi, Playstation Controllers
This does indeed sound interesting..

Where can you buy them?


Cheers

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 12:43:36 PM »
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Hi, Playstation Controllers
This does indeed sound interesting..

Where can you buy them?


Cheers


Kipper2k make one and you can get it here http://kipper2k.com/amigaforsale/
 

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2013, 12:46:14 PM »
@BigGun :
HERE for example ;)

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2013, 01:01:01 PM »
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Hi, Playstation Controllers
This does indeed sound interesting..

Where can you buy them?

Cheers


Ja, as som99 said, you can buy them from Kipper2k. He is a terrific guy, and his products are of top Qualität. I have several trinkets that I bought from him :)

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2013, 01:35:12 PM »
http://dx.com/p/additional-gamepad-controller-for-sku-28970-30530

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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2013, 01:35:16 PM »
Hi:

I believe you can get a new amiga joystick at
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2013, 02:30:48 PM »
I recently bought 2 Fighter Sticks MD6 for Sega, new unused in the Netherlands. What modifications are needed for them to work correctly on Amiga ?
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2013, 03:31:51 PM »
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I recently bought 2 Fighter Sticks MD6 for Sega, new unused in the Netherlands. What modifications are needed for them to work correctly on Amiga ?

Swap pin 7 and 5 and put a 470ohm resistor between them, the Amiga gamepad has the +5v on pin 7 and Genesis/Mega drive has it on pin 5. I recommend you to buy 2x dsub 9pin connectors (one male one female) and do the mod on a cable between them, then you can use any Genesis/Mega Drive controller without modding all of em with that cable.
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2013, 03:38:27 PM »
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Swap pin 7 and 5 and put a 470ohm resistor between them, the Amiga gamepad has the +5v on pin 7 and Genesis/Mega drive has it on pin 5. I recommend you to buy 2x dsub 9pin connectors (one male one female) and do the mod on a cable between them, then you can use any Genesis/Mega Drive controller without modding all of em with that cable.


Thank you for the fast reply. I have tried the stick without modifications and they seem to work with just one problem. The 2nd button doesnt seem to work always. Sometimes it does. For the rest all works ok.

Was a bit dissapointed in them, i was thinking they are with microswitches but they are not.
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2013, 03:45:54 PM »
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Swap pin 7 and 5 and put a 470ohm resistor between them, the Amiga gamepad has the +5v on pin 7 and Genesis/Mega drive has it on pin 5.


Why is 470 ohm resistor necessary ?
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Re: Where to buy Joysticks?
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2013, 03:47:39 PM »
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Thank you for the fast reply. I have tried the stick without modifications and they seem to work with just one problem. The 2nd button doesnt seem to work always. Sometimes it does. For the rest all works ok.

Was a bit dissapointed in them, i was thinking they are with microswitches but they are not.


Your welcome, without switching the pins you could blow your CIA chips and your right audio channel wont work anymore, so better safe then sorry.

As said a simple cable doing it is the easiest way and you will get more buttons working and still be able to use the controller on a genesis/MD system.