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* [https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/controllers/controllers.html ATARI VCS/2600 Controllers] - Atari Compatible controllers on Atari Compendium.
* [https://www.ataricompendium.com/game_library/controllers/controllers.html ATARI VCS/2600 Controllers] - Atari Compatible controllers on Atari Compendium.
* [http://www.nullmodem.com/DB-9.htm D-sub 9 Connector] - Technical info. on Nullmodem.Com.
* [http://www.nullmodem.com/DB-9.htm D-sub 9 Connector] - Technical info. on Nullmodem.Com.
* [http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/DB9-Joystick] - Good comparison chart of what different systems send on which pin.
* [http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/DB9-Joystick DE-9 Joystick] - Good comparison chart of what different systems send on which pin, on the Individual Computers Product Information Wiki.
* [https://deskthority.net/wiki/index.php?title=Atari_interface Atari interface] - The Deskthority Wiki also has a good, Atari-specific, chart (and lots of other info.).


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Latest revision as of 04:14, 7 November 2024

AKA: DE-9, DB-9, Atari joystick port

Early defacto standard for controllers. The plug type has various uses, videogame controllers being just one of them (also used for video, for example). Some hardware uses the same plug, but sends different information on different pins, so are incompatible.

In the table below 'Cross-Compatible' is synonymous with 'Atari-compatible'. Could probably also add Sega compatible and MSX compatible as alternate standards. The entries here are currently just me (Rjt) just patching info. together and hasn't been verified.

Year System Cross-Compatible Note
1977 Atari 2600 Yes
1979 Atari 8-bit Yes
1979 Fairchild Channel F (System II) No 1976 hardware version didn't have removable controllers
1980 VIC-20 Yes
1982 Commodore 64 Yes
1982 NABU Personal Computer Yes
1985 Atari ST Yes
Commodore Amiga Yes
Amiga CD32 Yes
1983 MSX Partial Not compatible with Atari, but with some Japanese computers
FM Towns Partial Compatible with MSX.
Towns Marty Partial Compatible with MSX.
Sega Master System Partial Sega ones are cross-compatible, though the Mega Drive supports more buttons. Wikipedia says they work on Ataris, etc., but there's voltage going in different places so I wouldn't bother.
Sega Mega Drive Partial
Apple II No
1982 ColecoVision Partial Basically: uses a pin to signal swaps between a mode similar to the Atari (4 directions, 1 button), and one for reading the numberpad. So a limited set of functions are cross-compatible.
Atari 7800
Commodore 128
Amstrad CPC
1987 Sharp X68000 Partial MSX compatible
3DO No Serial instead of having dedicated pins for specific buttons.

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Pages in category "DE9"

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