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Originally posted by Adam Y.
I do believe that it looks intact and since the thing works on a basic stamp then you should be able to interfact it to an IFI controller right??
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Not quite, as the IFI Operator interface is what collects the data from the joysticks/potentiometers and buttons/switches, not the Basic Stamp itself. Nearly all modern video game controllers use a clock and a multiplexed system that sends several values along the same wire just at different times. You could possibly build a box to generate a clock and demultiplex this signal into several lines.
With a quick search on video game controller pin-outs I found
this which lists the pin-outs for several older game systems.The ones listed below have non-multiplexed data-lines and would be simple to wire to the OI.
*Atari 2600
*Atari Enhanced
*Sega Genesis (note that only the B and C buttons can be detected each time the input is read, A and start are multiplexed with these two using pin 7 as a selector)
*Sega Master System
*TurboGrafx
It would be pretty cool to see a team use Atari controllers for the robot, although the digital rather than analog joysticks might make it hard to drive.