wraggster
February 12th, 2013, 23:25
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/pcjr-joystick-usb-conversion.jpg?w=580&h=435
Seeing this IBM joystick again really brings back memories. But it can be used on a modern system thanks to this USB conversion project (http://imgur.com/a/j6wlR).
This particular model had a connector which is foreign to us. It looks like a boxy USB-A plug, but has an eight-pin sockets which looks like it’s 0.1″ pitch. You could try to make your own male connector using a dual-row pin header, but [Gruso] just went ahead and lopped off the end of the cable. He managed to dig up the pin-out for the device and found that it could be wired up to a gameport — the connector being the only real difference. He gutted a USB gameport adapter, removing the DB15 connector and soldering directly to the board. The boxy old peripheral has just enough room to house that PCB.
If you’re looking for a few more details than this build album provides check out [Gruso's] comments in the Reddit thread (http://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/18dfxd/i_love_these_ancient_ibm_joysticks_so_i_converted/).
http://hackaday.com/2013/02/12/converting-an-ibm-pcjr-joystick-to-usb/
Seeing this IBM joystick again really brings back memories. But it can be used on a modern system thanks to this USB conversion project (http://imgur.com/a/j6wlR).
This particular model had a connector which is foreign to us. It looks like a boxy USB-A plug, but has an eight-pin sockets which looks like it’s 0.1″ pitch. You could try to make your own male connector using a dual-row pin header, but [Gruso] just went ahead and lopped off the end of the cable. He managed to dig up the pin-out for the device and found that it could be wired up to a gameport — the connector being the only real difference. He gutted a USB gameport adapter, removing the DB15 connector and soldering directly to the board. The boxy old peripheral has just enough room to house that PCB.
If you’re looking for a few more details than this build album provides check out [Gruso's] comments in the Reddit thread (http://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/18dfxd/i_love_these_ancient_ibm_joysticks_so_i_converted/).
http://hackaday.com/2013/02/12/converting-an-ibm-pcjr-joystick-to-usb/