5 replies to this topic

[christo87]

Hi,

I've been happily playing with my Atari 2600 for about two/three weeks now, and today I've run into a problem. A friend came over and I wanted to play Space Invaders. Well, while trying to find a suitable joystick (I had to try them out as they had been in an attic for a while prior to this and I haven't cleaned them yet) a hungry joystick took out a pin with it. I tried just putting the pin back into its place, but that didn't work (I didn't think it would). Can I buy a regular serial port for a computer and solder that in its place? What would really be nice if anybody had it is a wiring diagram so I could just repair the one pin by soldering. But does anybody know of anything else I can do to repair this?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[CPUWIZ]

I would just desolder the port and replace it with a new one.

[christo87]

Thanks for the fast reply. Is there any special kind of port (if it is do you either have one or a part number also) I need or would it just be like a serial port for a computer?

[CPUWIZ]

I have a few joystick ports available, they are new old stock and they are the real deal.

[christo87]

PM me with prices and contact into and whatnot.

[Muddawg]

you could just take a 9 pin serial port of an old pc, like a 486, and it should work just fine if you line up the pins.