Making a CDTV Joystick/Mouse Adapter

CDTV1991 · 03 October 2011, 22:35

My enthusiasm for buying parts far outweighs my soldering skills so I'm looking for someone to make up cable with the port+sockets. Anyone know someone who would do it for some good beer money?

This one:

http://web.archive.org/web/199902091...-joystick.html

I've apporached a few companies, but they won't touch it unless I'm ordering 100!

alexh · 03 October 2011, 23:06

Why not buy one? There is a reasonably big supply recently discovered and now available for £23 each.

http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...highlight=cdtv

CDTV1991 · 04 October 2011, 14:23

many thanks for the heads up, I never expected to find one of those.

amiman99 · 04 October 2011, 20:53

I was working on a plug in adapter, but I made some mistakes and it did not work very well.
I used a iron transfer paper, it works fine, but need some practice before usage.

I wanted to use the IDC connectors, crimp and is done, but I think I put the pins backwards. I fix that by soldering the pins manually for correct orientation.

Another mistake, I used too think pins, so the did not fit in the socket properly.

As you can see my head hurts from banging the wall

Here is a pic of unfinished product...

03 October 2011, 22:35	#1
CDTV1991 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 279	Making a CDTV Joystick/Mouse Adapter My enthusiasm for buying parts far outweighs my soldering skills so I'm looking for someone to make up cable with the port+sockets. Anyone know someone who would do it for some good beer money? This one: http://web.archive.org/web/199902091...-joystick.html I've apporached a few companies, but they won't touch it unless I'm ordering 100!

04 October 2011, 20:53	#4
amiman99 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX USA Age: 50 Posts: 1,185	I was working on a plug in adapter, but I made some mistakes and it did not work very well. I used a iron transfer paper, it works fine, but need some practice before usage. I wanted to use the IDC connectors, crimp and is done, but I think I put the pins backwards. I fix that by soldering the pins manually for correct orientation. Another mistake, I used too think pins, so the did not fit in the socket properly. As you can see my head hurts from banging the wall Here is a pic of unfinished product... Last edited by amiman99; 20 February 2019 at 04:57.

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03 October 2011, 23:06	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,428	Why not buy one? There is a reasonably big supply recently discovered and now available for £23 each. http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php...highlight=cdtv

04 October 2011, 14:23	#3
CDTV1991 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wales Posts: 279	many thanks for the heads up, I never expected to find one of those.

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