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Joystick Interface and Audio Out for the Acorn Electron

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The joystick interface is a clone of the ‘First Byte Digital Joystick Interface’ standard

  • Use normal 9-pin digital joysticks / joypads that follow the Atari standard (ie most home computers of the 80s and early 90s)
  • Joystick interface is a clone of the ‘First Byte Digital Joystick Interface’ and is compatible with games which natively support it such as Frak!, Hostages, Crack-Up, Rubble Trouble etc
  • Works with almost all Acorn Electron games, even keyboard only games as the software includes keyboard emulation and analogue joystick emulation support
  • Works with tape and disc based games
  • Easy to use in your BASIC programs
  • Includes an audio out connector so you can hook-up your Acorn Electron to an external amplified device (TV, speakers etc)
  • Power LED
  • Pass-through connector for additional expansions

BOM (THT)

  • 1 x 5mm LED
  • 1 x 330Ω Axial Resistor - ¼ watt (LED)
  • 4 x 10KΩ Axial Resistor - ¼ watt
  • 1 x 74LS138 16pin DIP
  • 1 x 74LS367 16pin DIP
  • 1 x 74LS30 14pin DIP
  • 1 x 10uF Radial Electrolytic Capacitor
  • 1 x 5-pin 3.5mm Audio Jack Socket TN/T/RN/R/S
  • 1 x Male DE-9 Connector - right angled
  • 1 x 50pin (2x25) Edge Connector
  • 2 x 16pin DIP sockets (optional)
  • 1 x 14pin DIP socket (optional)