Rewiring 2600 controller for a TI-99/4a?

[raindog151]

Heard recently from a member (forgot who, sorry) that it is easy to rewire (resolder?) a 2600 controller to work on a TI-99/4a.

 

As I've had a heck of a time trying to find TI controllers, anyone know the easiest way to do this?

 

Thanks!

[+remowilliams]

Read this post. Be sure to read the whole thing, as there are corrections to the wiring diagram linked.

[raindog151]

Read this post. Be sure to read the whole thing, as there are corrections to the wiring diagram linked.

 

Guh. I was hoping I could just rewire the internals of the stick. Anyone know if this is possible?

[djmips]

 

Guh. I was hoping I could just rewire the internals of the stick. Anyone know if this is possible?

 

You would probably need to replace the cable because the TI uses pins 5 and 9 which may not be present in an Atari compatible Joystick cable.

 

You should be able to wire up a Sega Genesis controller (inside) for instance because it uses all 9 pins and they are all present inside the controller. You will be giving up the dual joystick capability and would have to hardwire to joystick 0.

[Nico95]

 

Guh. I was hoping I could just rewire the internals of the stick. Anyone know if this is possible?

 

You would probably need to replace the cable because the TI uses pins 5 and 9 which may not be present in an Atari compatible Joystick cable.

 

You should be able to wire up a Sega Genesis controller (inside) for instance because it uses all 9 pins and they are all present inside the controller. You will be giving up the dual joystick capability and would have to hardwire to joystick 0.

 

 

You should be able to make a adapter for it actual with a old serial cable. I just made a adapter for the a set of Ti-99 paddles I have. Since I have the oppisite problem as you,lol. I have a ti-99 set of controllers and no ti-99 to test them with. I finished the set a while back but haven't tested them because I think the one controller is not going to work. The carbon contacts traces came off from cleaning. If your handy I can send you a link with the pinouts. I will double check though. This should be possible. The difference between the to was the one cable on the ti-99(from what I;m remembering) was used to tell which contoller was sending the signal. Ti use 2 conitroller 1 port, Atari 1 for 1. let me know if your still working on this and I will get the info to you.

[Nico95]

 

Guh. I was hoping I could just rewire the internals of the stick. Anyone know if this is possible?

 

You would probably need to replace the cable because the TI uses pins 5 and 9 which may not be present in an Atari compatible Joystick cable.

 

You should be able to wire up a Sega Genesis controller (inside) for instance because it uses all 9 pins and they are all present inside the controller. You will be giving up the dual joystick capability and would have to hardwire to joystick 0.

 

 

You should be able to make a adapter for it actual with a old serial cable. I just made a adapter for the a set of Ti-99 paddles I have. Since I have the oppisite problem as you,lol. I have a ti-99 set of controllers and no ti-99 to test them with. I finished the set a while back but haven't tested them because I think the one controller is not going to work. The carbon contacts traces came off from cleaning. If your handy I can send you a link with the pinouts. I will double check though. This should be possible. The difference between the to was the one cable on the ti-99(from what I;m remembering) was used to tell which contoller was sending the signal. Ti use 2 conitroller 1 port, Atari 1 for 1. let me know if your still working on this and I will get the info to you.