Hoping somebody might be able to help me figure this out. I got an FM Towns marty controller, it does not have a DA9 connector though, it has a DA15. Im having trouble finding the pinout for this controller.
It would be awesome if someone had it. ;D
Thank you all!
Quote from: sharp on October 24, 2013, 03:53:14 AM
Hoping somebody might be able to help me figure this out. I got an FM Towns marty controller, it does not have a DA9 connector though, it has a DA15. Im having trouble finding the pinout for this controller.
It would be awesome if someone had it. ;D
Thank you all!
Strange, usually FM-TOWNS pads have a DB9 connector and they are pin to pin compatible with X68000Are you sure it's for FM-TOWNS?Could you post a picture, please?
It sounds sort of like a standard PC gaming pad, back when the default game connector was a DB15 on the back of a SoundBlaster card.
I am pretty sure it is an Fm-Towns controller, looks official and everything. :)
Of course I can post some pictures.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/ev5btf.png)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2yx55e9.png)
I found it pretty strange when I could not find a picture of one, or even a mention on japanese google. :o
Well there's a difference between FM TOWNS and Marty, the former is basically a PC, the latter is a console.
I see, thank you Lawrence. I suppose it is obvious I am not too familiar with the FM Towns series.
I still cant seem to find any details about the pinout.
And your search for PC Game Controller Pinout wasn't helpful or what? The pinout for the standard PC game controller is well known and a few minutes with a multimeter should tell you if that's what you've got or not. Basically it's useless for any other purpose though, if this is the case - you'll probably have to re-wire its innards.
I was searching for the specific pinout of the controller. So to try to use this with a DB9 would be impossible without rewiring the controller? That solves all of this. ;D Thank you Lawrence.
That is not an FM Towns controller. That is an FMV-Towns controller. The FM-V series are not true Towns machines, they are in fact standard DOS PC clones, however they do have a built in Towns emulation mode for running old Towns software. Needless to say, that controller was never meant to be used on a real Towns machine.
SuperDeadite is right. The Marty/Marty 2/Car Marty game controller port have a 9-pin one.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FM-TOWNS-MARTY-PAD-CONTROLLER-/300906415128?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460f6b8418 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FM-TOWNS-MARTY-PAD-CONTROLLER-/300906415128?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item460f6b8418)
Here the pinout: http://www.gamesx.com/controldata/fmtownsjoy.htm (http://www.gamesx.com/controldata/fmtownsjoy.htm)
You can take a look for following models:
FMM-PAD301
FMM-PAD401
FMT-PD103
and maybe some more ...