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/* Fire Button Notes */ Fire 3 is not undocumented, in my CPCs handbook the corresponding pin is indicated.
|7||Fire 1 (extra)||Supply +5V
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|8||COM(keyboard row 9) (open-collector)||Supply GND
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|9||COM2(keyboard row 6) (open-collector)||Pot 1 (analog)
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== Fire Button Notes ==
* Pin 5 - Fire 3 - This is an undocumented scarcly documented and very rarely used input (used by the AMX Mouse for example).
* Pin 6 - Fire 2 - This is the standard button, used by most games.
* Pin 7 - Fire 1 - This is the extra button, used only by a few games.
Following the Atari-standard, most joysticks have only one button (the "Fire 2" one). Games that support two buttons are usually optionally allowing to use the SPACE key instead instead of Fire 1.
'''Note''' Amstrad called the "Fire 3" signal "Spare", that name doesn't mean it isn't connected. On the old CPCs it was connected. However, according to the schematics, it is NOT connected on CPC+.
== Select Signals (COM and COM2) ==
For a wiring diagram of an Y-cable with which you can use two joysticks on your Amstrad/Schneider CPC, see [[Joystick Y-cables]].
The CPC+/GX4000 they have two digital joystick ports (, which works work same as with the an Y-cablewith 8 diodes, including for and without Fire 3. This is bringing up some possible problems:* the Y-cable-style diodes, these eight diodes in the direction lines can cause problems with peripherals that use the joystick port as bi-directional I/O port* the missing diodes in the fire button lines can cause conflicts between player 1 and 2* the missing fire 3 signal causes problems with hardware that uses it (like some mouse interfaces) == Aleste Joystick Port ==The [[Aleste 520EX]] has 7pin DIN female connector Pin Schematic User Manual 1 /Joystick1 /Joystick1 __ __ 2 /Left /Left / - \ 3 /Right /Right |7 6| 4 /Down /Fire1 |3 1| 5 /Up /Fire2 \5_2_4/ 6 /Fire1 /Up 7 /Fire2 /Down Shield GND* There is no /Joystick2 and no /Fire3.* The description for Pin4-7 differs in schematics and Russian User Manual - '''not sure which one is correct''' - if any ?
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