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From: sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Atari VCS Paddle Controllers
Message-ID: <17437@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 30 Nov 89 05:54:45 GMT
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Reply-To: sean@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sean P. Nolan)
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Hi ho...

I recently dug our old Colecovision system out of a closet, replaced its sick
parts (the job cost $.39 --- there is some merit in playing with electronics
all day instead of studying!), and plugged it into my TV here at school. One of
the "Expansion Modules" I have is an adapter so you can use Atari VCS
cartridges in it. However, I don't have the "Paddle Controllers" that came with
the Atari machine.

My question: does anybody know what the mechanism/pinouts of these doohickeys
is? It's certainly not worth my going out and buying anything over $10, but if
it's simple I might as well slap a pair together.

While I'm at it, if anybody has schematics and/or technical info on the
Colecovision system, I'd be interested for curiosity's sake.

Thanks!

--- Sean

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