Fox-1 / mnx Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 This thing connects to a joystick port. Seems to be manufactured in the Netherlands ("Best" is a city over here). The only thing on the PCB is a CD4067 multiplexer/demultiplexer. Anyone know if this is just a generic thing or does it belong to an Atari hardware/software gadget? Found it in a box with nothing but Atari XL related stuff in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 You should contact Stormtrooper of Death (Richard Vermeulen). He knows GEMI-SOFT. Perhaps that he can tell you more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Richard takes a peek over here every now and then so he'll may read it anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Phruby Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 What does it do? Allow you to connect 16 consoles off on one RF switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I'd guess either some sort of multijoy or method to get more buttons on a single stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 I guess it just provides 16 switchable/programmable outputs by using the 4 bits of a joystick port as an output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hi, i dont know the function of this gadget. I can only tell you that GEMI soft were two guys. Jan van Gerwen, and Jan van Mierlo. combined their familynames into GE (gerwen) MI (Mierlo) = GEMI soft. Rather old folks, who were very enthiosiast in making some hardware things for their ataris in the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Never heard of them and Googling for it won't return anything useful. Too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper of Death Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 (edited) This night i remember that i made a phone call to Jan van Gerwen some years ago. His son answered the phone, and told me that Jan van Gerwen passed away in the end of the 1990s. Jan van Gerwen was a nice oldguy living In Veldhoven (Netherlands). When i was into Atari and between 15-18 years old,. Jan van Gerwen was already 50+ years old. Jan van Mierlo lived in Best (also in the Netherlands). That explains GEMI-SOFT BEST. So, Best is just the name of the small town, that Jan van Mierlo was from. My answer is a bit late, but anyhow, better late as never. Edited April 11, 2014 by Stormtrooper of Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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