Talk:DE-9 connector
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I'd like to point out that the Amiga joystick/mouse connection came from being a de facto standard for controllers back in the day (well for joysticks anyway, mouses were always a little different). This de facto standard was known as the "atari-style" joystick, and was used in the VIC-20, C64, Amiga, Atari and other computers and several game consoles (e.g. the Colecovision with modifications for the number pad). I'm not at all sure where the original name comes from; my earliest knowledge is of the VIC-20. 88.112.2.159 18:46, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
The Atari 2600 used the 9-pin D connector that was common to many subsequent 8-bit machines (albeit with a slightly modified pinout in some cases). That would acount for people calling it the "Atari joystick" port. - asb.
[edit] D-subminiature
why is this article it's own article? it appears that it's the only one of the D-subminiature connectors that has it's own article, maybe it should be merged with D-subminiature. - Javawizard
- I'd be tempted to agree. The D- article is well written, and would only need a small amount of updating to include the info found here. -- Metahacker 15:16, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Agree - merge away. (However, a section in D-sub could be useful from an application point of view)Aaron Lawrence 09:08, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
