N64 to PC request

[dan57fina]

does anyone have an adaptoid that is willing to open it up to see the wiring? if one person did it, then hacking a N64 pad to PC would just be a matter of picking up these items-
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=712780&CatId=77
http://www.estarland.com/index.asp?page=Nintendo64&cat=AC&product=16923&q
and the drivers from the adaptoid website......

.....right?
                    -dan

[crashwg]

No.  The flaw in your plan is that the adaptoid most certainly must have some sort of electronic components to it and can't be a straight through connection.  The N64 doesn't use the USB standard so the signals sent out by the controller must be interpreted, converted then sent to the PC in a standard that it can understand.

I'm guessing you came up with this idea after you found out that converting an XBOX controller is as simple as replacing the connecter on the end of the cord.  Am I right?

The XBOX is the exception to the rule.  Well actually it's not...  The XBOX's controllers already are USB they just have a proprietary connector and an extra wire that you don't need.

If you want to hook up your N64 controller to your computer you'll have to buy an adapter, simple as that.

[dan57fina]

aww shucks .....o well, worth a try.
thanks for the reply- dan

[Tahnok]

People have attempted stuff like that before. Odds are, there is a little stamp in there, meaning you would also need the code for it. The code is the real trick, as it is what changes the N64 signals to USB.

[forbiddenlyrics]

Here is a circuit that uses the parallel port to interface an n64 controller to a PC

http://arcadecontrols.com/Mirrors/emulatronia/n64pad/

But it would be a lot easier to get a N64 to USB adapter.