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From: tacook@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Tom Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: port pinouts wanted, Richmans question
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Date: 25 Feb 90 19:05:03 GMT
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[Ray Wilmott writes]
>1. Could someone please post (or e-mail) a pinout description
>of the joystick ports? (I know I've seen it posted before, but
>of course now that I actually need it, I can't find it).

Well get out the book and blow off the dust.  Here is the pinout.
 

Pin   Joystick         Paddle        Keyboard
 1     Forward                       Top Row
 2     Back                          2nd Row
 3     Left            A(L) Trigger  3rd Row
 4     Right           B(R) Trigger  Bottom Row
 5                     B(R) Pot      1st column
 6     Trigger                       3rd Column
 7                     +5            +5
 8     GND             GND           GND
 9                     A(L) Pot      2nd Column


        ------------------------
        \   1   2   3   4   5  /
         \                    /
          \   6   7   8   9  /
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