mageco joystick interface information?
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK
mageco joystick interface information?
Hi Ive recently added a mageco joystick interface to my growing collection of oric stuff (made it my mission to preserve as much oric hardware as I can afford)and wondered if anyone had any info on it as I have not got any manual with it ,Ive had it apart and was very suprised to see it has made in england on it and the circuit looks really basic.
also anyone know any software thats compatable with it
many thanks Ian
ps wifes thrown out my hoard of plotter pens by mistake anyone know where I can get some working or not as ive only got 3 left and I need at least 4 as Ive got an Idea on refiling them.
also anyone know any software thats compatable with it
many thanks Ian
ps wifes thrown out my hoard of plotter pens by mistake anyone know where I can get some working or not as ive only got 3 left and I need at least 4 as Ive got an Idea on refiling them.
ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW
Re: mageco joystick interface information?
I don't know the Mageco one. Any pictures? I would try it with a program that accepts two or three joysticks and see if any of the options work.nobbysnuts wrote:Hi Ive recently added a mageco joystick interface to my growing collection of oric stuff (made it my mission to preserve as much oric hardware as I can afford)and wondered if anyone had any info on it as I have not got any manual with it ,Ive had it apart and was very suprised to see it has made in england on it and the circuit looks really basic.
also anyone know any software thats compatable with it
many thanks Ian
ps wifes thrown out my hoard of plotter pens by mistake anyone know where I can get some working or not as ive only got 3 left and I need at least 4 as Ive got an Idea on refiling them.
The old plotter pens could be got a while ago. Was it Hakan that found them?
They can be reinked using printer ink or via replacing the inside with a similar felt tip pen middle. It's fiddly and messy, but can work.
Surgical spirit is sometimes useful to clean any clogged up pens. You can thin ink with it too but if it gets too thin it'll run - so be careful .
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK
thanks for the post Steve I will dig it out and show sum pics when time permits it looks as if its a kit affair but noticed a few on ebay france ive tucked it in one of my boxes of oric stuff as the house is upside down and dont want the wife throwing anymore out she almost threw out all my 3 inch discs last month thinking they were surplus to reqiurements
ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK
The only differences with the one of the picture, is that mine :
- got some white connectors for the joystick
- the ribbon connector, that goes to the "printer" port of the Oric, is black.
@nobbysnuts :
OK, there we go !
Try the game "attack of the cybermen" in order to check for this quickly (the game supports 3 different joystick interfaces), you can find the tap file here (CEO web site):
http://www.oric.org/index.php?page=soft ... um_log=986
(you have to be registered on the website in order to load the tap file)
Then you convert it to a wav file and load it on Oric :
read the first post here : http://forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.php?t=339
Then, you can go there in order to get some details on your joystick interface (source codes, documentation,...) (Muso's Oric site) :
http://www.48katmos.freeuk.com/joy.htm
And here in order to play with various titles (Dominique Pessan's Oric site) :
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/dominique.p ... ystick.htm
enjoy
- got some white connectors for the joystick
- the ribbon connector, that goes to the "printer" port of the Oric, is black.
@nobbysnuts :
OK, there we go !
Try the game "attack of the cybermen" in order to check for this quickly (the game supports 3 different joystick interfaces), you can find the tap file here (CEO web site):
http://www.oric.org/index.php?page=soft ... um_log=986
(you have to be registered on the website in order to load the tap file)
Then you convert it to a wav file and load it on Oric :
read the first post here : http://forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.php?t=339
Then, you can go there in order to get some details on your joystick interface (source codes, documentation,...) (Muso's Oric site) :
http://www.48katmos.freeuk.com/joy.htm
And here in order to play with various titles (Dominique Pessan's Oric site) :
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/dominique.p ... ystick.htm
enjoy
-
- Pilot Officer
- Posts: 74
- Joined: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:07 pm
- Location: SOUTH WALES UK