Atari ST joystick extender

[amiman99]

I'm in the middle of designing a joystick extender for the Atari ST wedge computers.

I'm thinking to attach it to the side of the case and use screws to keep it secured. Then run the ribbon cables from the box to the bottom of the computer.

 

The question is: Are you willing to open the computer and drill holes for the screws?

 

I have tried the double stick tape and it's not secured very well, especially when mouse/joystick cables are tight.

 

Thanks.

 

[walter_J64bit]

Good idea but you might need to find a way to clip your extender to the St with out drilling holes.

[+Nezgar]

My dad back in the day made a switch box to allow switchable joystick/mouse in port 0, and a joystick in port 1, with a simple ribbon cable with 2 female DB9's on the end that would plug in under the machine and run underneath the ST to the back to the box with the 3 male DB9 ports and switch. It was a very practical hack.

[amiman99]

My dad back in the day made a switch box to allow switchable joystick/mouse in port 0, and a joystick in port 1, with a simple ribbon cable with 2 female DB9's on the end that would plug in under the machine and run underneath the ST to the back to the box with the 3 male DB9 ports and switch. It was a very practical hack.

I was doing and selling those few years ago, but I was looking for a cleaner solution.

[gozar]

Neat idea, but I wouldn’t want to drill into the case.

 

I use joystick extension cables so I don’t have to try to get into the built in ports.

 

 

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[atarian1]

Maybe I would have said 'yes' 10-20 years ago when STs were more plentiful. However, no one has extra ST cases anymore.

 

Best Electronics is out of all ST/STe/Mega/Falcon cases. They're pretty much all parts now in terms of 16-bit Atari stuff. So, once you drill that hole, that's it.

[amiman99]

Looks like the consensus is a NO, so back to the drawing board.

I had an idea to put the joystick ports to the front, but it's harder to do, too many angles.