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Atari joysticks to PC?
trekking95:
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--- Quote from: trekking95 on February 28, 2012, 05:32:12 pm ---Yes? No? Maybe?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-9PIN-RS232-PORT-SERIAL-CONVERT-ADAPTER-/300554260545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fa6e1041
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My guess is no, but they're cheap, so might be worth a try.
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What makes you think no?
Nephasth:
I'm going to throw RetroZone out there again. It's cheaper than the $40 adapters you were looking at, and it's an adapter for a gamepad not just a serial/usb adapter.
trekking95:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on February 28, 2012, 07:53:11 pm ---I'm going to throw RetroZone out there again. It's cheaper than the $40 adapters you were looking at, and it's an adapter for a gamepad not just a serial/usb adapter.
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So why does it look just like a serial to USB adapter?
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: trekking95 on February 28, 2012, 05:32:12 pm ---Yes? No? Maybe?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-9PIN-RS232-PORT-SERIAL-CONVERT-ADAPTER-/300554260545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fa6e1041
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Repeat after me....
The Atari controller port is not the same as the PC serial port.
Therefore....
Any serial to USB adapter WILL NOT WORK.
They may look the same but internally they are very different. So any "cheap" serial to adapter you buy for this purpose is a waste of money.
Please listen to the advice here. It's been discussed multiple times.
alfonzotan:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on February 28, 2012, 08:23:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: trekking95 on February 28, 2012, 05:32:12 pm ---Yes? No? Maybe?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-9PIN-RS232-PORT-SERIAL-CONVERT-ADAPTER-/300554260545?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45fa6e1041
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Repeat after me....
The Atari controller port is not the same as the PC serial port.
Therefore....
Any serial to USB adapter WILL NOT WORK.
They may look the same but internally they are very different. So any "cheap" serial to adapter you buy for this purpose is a waste of money.
Please listen to the advice here. It's been discussed multiple times.
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Yep. Serial port != Atari port.