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pin layout on joyport?

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:24 am
by DorkVonWaterfall
anywhere where i can see the pin layout on the input plug on the CDI??

i cant seem to find a pionting device (aka Joystick or Mouse) for my CDi210, so im about to build my own from old Commodore joysticks or maybe an Amiga mouse....

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:48 pm
by Bas
The wiring of the touchpad you can find in this french pdf on page 3

click here

I can't check the link because it is blocked at work, but if it doesn't work out, I'll show you later ;)

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:42 pm
by Bas
As you can see, Interactive Dreams is taking care of english versions of the repair sections, for those who don't speak french.

Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:05 pm
by DorkVonWaterfall
nice links Bas, but i need to know what pin does fire, wich is for up/down/left/right

since i dont have an org. joy/mouse to look at ....

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:15 am
by Bas
oops, little misunderstanding.... I'll continue my search ;)

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:27 am
by DorkVonWaterfall
cheers mate ;-)

i also google my a** off, but cant seem to find anything :oops:

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:33 pm
by cdifan
The CD-i "joystick" port is a generic serial port; it does not *have* pins for up, down, etc. Information about the pins and protocol can be found on the ICDIA site here; look under "Technical Info Pointing Devices".

Someone has built a mouse "adapter" that you might be able to modify for joysticks; information about this is here.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:34 pm
by DorkVonWaterfall
Wow...thx cdifan....


i just realized that im gonna buy me a pointing device on Egay or so....

had no idea that it would be so difficult to modify a joystick :oops: