Path: news.uiowa.edu!uunet!salliemae!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!news2.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!cello.gina.calstate.edu!cello.gina.calstate.edu!not-for-mail From: jkenner@cello.gina.calstate.edu (Jason Kennerly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Game port pin #'s Date: 1 Apr 1995 19:27:14 -0800 Organization: GINA and CORE+ Services of The California State University Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3ll5ii$jd@cello.gina.calstate.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cello.gina.calstate.edu Description: Internal pin#: External pin #: +5 Power Supply 1 2 Switches [buttons] 2,3,4 7,1,6 Strobe 5 - Paddle 0-3 6,10,7,11 5,8,4,9 Ground 8 3 Annunciators 15,14,13,12 - Nothing 9,16 - hope this helps... I have the //e technical reference [and an apple 2, 2+, and 2c, but no 2e... gotta love the irony] so just ask if ya have ?'s -- Remember what the doormouse said - feed your head! Path: news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!malgudi.oar.net!infinet!vleonard From: vleonard@infinet.com (Victor Leonard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Game port pin #'s Date: 2 Apr 1995 04:18:01 GMT Organization: InfiNet Lines: 46 Message-ID: <3ll8hp$bqr@horus.infinet.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rigel.infinet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ido Ben-Shachar (grasshopper+@CMU.EDU) wrote: : Does anyone know the pins on the internal game port? (ie, where you : plug in joystick stuff) : This is the 16 pin connector, by the way. From apple //e technical reference manual (combined from about 4 pages all of which got VERY well used when I used to connect apples together using game port for fun and games (that I wrote)) 9 8 GND PDL1 10 7 PDL2 PDL3 11 6 PDL0 AN3 12 5 STB AN2 13 4 SW2 AN1 14 3 SW1/CAPL (OPTION) AN0 15 2 SW0/OAPL 16 1 +5C 1 +5C +5 volts (not to exceed 100mA 2 PB0 (button 0 or switch 0) (read $c061) 3 PB1 (read $c062) 4 PB2 (read $c063) 5 STROBE' also 'Analog input reset' Strobe output. line goes low during 0O of a read or write instruction to $c040 6 PDL0 (read $c064) goes low after read or write to $c040 until capacitors recharge (connect +5v to PDLn with resistance. amount of resistance determines how long til $c064 goes high 7 PDL2 8 GND system ground 9 n.c. not connected 10 PDL1 11 PDL3 12 AN3 Annunciators. These are standard 74LS TTL outputs and must be buffered to drive other than TTL inputs (on = rw $c05f, off $c05e) 13 AN2 (on $c05d, off $c05c 14 AN1 ($c05b, $c05a) 15 AN0 ($c059, $c058) 15 n.c. jim vleonard@infinet.com Path: news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wagnere@aol.com (WagnerE) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.programmer Subject: Re: Game port pin #'s Date: 3 Apr 1995 02:41:35 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3lo5b0$8ig@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3lltfj$gl@paris.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: wagnere@aol.com (WagnerE) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Be aware that Apple made some slight changes to the 16-pin gameport on the Apple IIgs. A fourth push button switch was added (SW3 or PB3) at pin 9 And the STROBE' output signal at pin 5 was replaced with a +5-volt pull-up