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Prob stupid ? OptiPAC and Atari paddles
telengard:
Is there anyway to get a pot based control to work
with something like a OptiPac. I figured not since mice
like devices use optical encoders. I've built a small
control box that has an IPAC and OptiPac in it. The IPAC
works great for using Atari 2600 joysticks with PC
based emulators. I'd like to get the paddles working too. I have found one site that describes how to graft
a mouse innards into an Atari paddle but I was hoping
for something a little easier. :)
~telengard
paigeoliver:
Ok. Quick instructions.
Get ultra cheap analog joystick from thrift store. Crack it open, if it has any kind of circuit board, then put it back together and get a different one.
Once you find one that just has wires, buttons, and POTS inside, then you are in business.
Open your paddles, replace the paddle POT and buttons wiring with the POT and wiring from the joystick. One joystick should have two pots and at least 2 buttons, so it should be good for two paddles.
shmokes:
This comes up now and then and never fails to boggle my mind. It's not like Atari 2600 joysticks were particularly good. Why not use nice joysticks that work well?
paigeoliver:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 29, 2003, 09:55:05 pm ---This comes up now and then and never fails to boggle my mind. It's not like Atari 2600 joysticks were particularly good. Why not use nice joysticks that work well?
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The joysticks weren't too hot, but the paddles were. At least they were for Kaboom!. and that is probably the best 2600 paddle game without an arcade equivalent (well, Avalanhe is just like Kaboom, except with more frustration and less fun).
telengard:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on May 29, 2003, 09:42:37 pm ---Ok. Quick instructions.
Get ultra cheap analog joystick from thrift store. Crack it open, if it has any kind of circuit board, then put it back together and get a different one.
Once you find one that just has wires, buttons, and POTS inside, then you are in business.
Open your paddles, replace the paddle POT and buttons wiring with the POT and wiring from the joystick. One joystick should have two pots and at least 2 buttons, so it should be good for two paddles.
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I thought of doing this but would that would mean I would have to hook it up to either the USB port or 15 pin joy port? My controller box only has an IPAC and JPAC in it so I was
hoping to somehow connect it to the JPAC. I've never heard of a joystick being connected to a JPAC.