ninepin: A utility to adapt computers of the past to modern times. Copyright 2013 by Chris Osborn <fozztexx@fozztexx.com> See COPYING file for detailed information on terms of copying. ---------------------------------------- http://insentricity.com/a.cl/207 Ninepin is about interfacing retro computers to modern peripherals. It currently offers two features: converting a USB joystick so it can be used as an Atari style 9-pin joystick (hence the name), and the ability to emulate a disk drive. The joystick interface will work with most any USB HID compliant joystick and uses the GPIO to open/close switches to act as a simple Atari 2600 joystick, which works on a variety of platforms, such as the Commodore 64, Atari 2600, and Sega Master System. It currently only maps the directional and a single button for player 1. Additional chips are required to be connected to the GPIO. I'm using a couple of CD4016 switches and a 74HC595 shift register.

To use this project on the other machines than C64 probably some modifications are needed, because of mechanical limitiations, electricaly the platforms are compatible.