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How do I hook up a World Series Baseball Controls?
GGKoul:
Hello
I just acquired a World Series Control Panel. And I'm wondering if anyone has hooked up the Pitching & Batting controls to their panel? If so, how does one do it? As I'm not sure how I go about adding these 2 joysticks.
As it appears the 2 joysticks go through a Interface board under the panel and then plug in directly to PCB. So even a wiring diagram would be a good start.
Thanks!
-GGKoul
jerryjanis:
I have them hooked up to my panel. Each spring-loaded joystick consists of 2 5k pots. I simply used 1UP's Microsoft Dual Strike hack to wire them up, and they worked great in Mame.
http://www.1uparcade.com/projects-dualstrike.html
I worked with the wires that come out of the joysticks themselves, so the PCB on the control panel is not involved.
Either hack 2 Sidewinder's, or buy the new analog joystick interface card:
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17230;start=msg136541#msg136541
If you need some more detailed information, ask and I will whip something up. It was a piece of cake, it was inexpensive, and it's really cool. Have fun!
jerryjanis:
Here's a picture I found:
GGKoul:
Hey
Thanks for the reply. I actually have some Sidewinders that I could use. I assume you had to use 2 sidewinders, one for the batting and one for the pitching?
Could you provide a wiring diagram?
Thanks!!
-GGKoul
jerryjanis:
I did exactly like in 1UP's diagram. Each controller has one "up/down" pot and one "left/right" pot, so you only need to wire up the 2 red, 2 white, and 2 black wires (those are the colors in the diagram, not on the actual controller) from the Dual Strike circuit board to the pots on the baseball joysticks:
http://www.1uparcade.com/images/DS_Board_02.jpg