Prizrak Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 I have a Tac-2 with a bad cord, contemplating getting a new db9 plug but I had a gentleman offer to send me a cord so I could just wire it up and go. Everything went smoothly but my down doesn't work. Everything else works fine except the down. I know the tac-2's are unusual where the opposite wire is the direction due to the style of construction. So my question is, where am I going wrong? I've double checked my connections, made sure they were tight, the ground wire had to be tweaked and soldered due to my cord coming from a regular atari model controller. Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluxit Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Have you verified with a multimeter that the contact for "down" is actually connected to pin 2(or any pin for that matter) on the 9 pin connector? There isn't really anything else to go wrong so far as the Tac-2 is concerned. If everything else on the joystick is working, you either have a short in that wire, a bad crimp or solder connection, or the problem is with the Atari instead of the joystick. Edited February 9, 2020 by fluxit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 It was the cord I was supplied, I cannibalized another controller that I know had a good cord and now my Tac-2 is working properly.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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