In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, Eli the Bearded   wrote:
> In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, Dennis Lee Bieber   wrote:
> >  Would depend upon the controller type. Simple joysticks are just four
> > digital switches, probably wired to be active-low, so when the stick is
> I haven't taken it apart to examine or test the wiring, but I'm working
> under the assumption it is wired like a traditional arcade stick: big
> metal lever activates one[*] of four Cherry "micro" switches (not micro by
> today's standards, but a standard industrial form-factor unchanged since
> at least the 80s). This leads to easy wiring as a keyboard, even if the
> grid will be seriously odd by having so little grid.

So I opened it up and examined it. Exactly the controls I was expecting,
although off-brand D44 style micro switches. And it apparently is already
wired as a keyboard and an old-skool serial DB9 joysick. But there are
clear signs that that someone has fucked with it. Also that this was a
commercial product (name on a circuit board inside)[*].

One of two joysticks had no switches attached, instead the switches were
loose and wrapped in tissue paper. (Well, three of them; one is missing.)
Plus at least one segment of wire has been replaced. Looks easy-peasy to
repair and rewire.

[*] The company that built is still around and now sells a USB version
with the same form factor as this. I've emailed them asking if I can
just buy the controller board.

Elijah
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