Re: Blaster (& Inferno ?) joystick questions/mystery

Tim Lindquist made up some repro Blaster handles, so he might know more
than most when it come to the joysticks.

http://www.arcadecollecting.com/

tm

"Magiera, Joe (AIT)" wrote:
>
> Can anyone provide any more insight into a couple of Blaster type joysticks?
>
> I have two joysticks that I thought were both Blaster joysticks, but the
> bottoms of them are quite a bit different.
>
> Please check out the pictures at this URL:
>
> http://www.stas.net/3/joekid/blasterjs.html
>
> My first thought is that maybe Inferno used a similar looking joystick, but
> the connections are different? I've never seen an Inferno, so I don't know.
>
> The Blaster conversion has a 12 pin (11 & key) connection. The other is a 7
> pin (6 & key) connection. The 12 pin has what looks like three optical
> readers on two of the four sides on the bottom. The 7 pin has one optical
> reader on each of the four sides. I am calling them optical readers, but
> I've probably used the wrong words to describe them. What would the
> correct wording be? Look at the pictures and hopefully it will make more
> sense.
>
> Lastly, the three wires that come out of the handle (for the two buttons)
> are color coded differently. The 12 pin from the flat side to the pointed
> side is black, red/black, red. The 7 pin is black, red, red/black. I know
> that doesn't mean anything, but most parts I've seen usually colored coded
> them the same. I did not get a chance to take the handles apart to check if
> they really were wired the same or differently.
>
> Any clues anyone? Can anyone confirm/deny if Blaster and Inferno used the
> same type of joysticks? Please let me know. Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
> joe.magiera@ameritech.com
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Received on Mon Nov 06 13:03:10 2000