Re: VIC-20 IF BOARD

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:17:42 +0200 Message-ID: <etPan.53592b17.643c9869.e34@szaman.lan>

> From: Ruud@Baltissen.org
> 
> I found a card that converts ??? to centronics. The text on it:
> VIC-20 IF BOARD by the firm FICOM, made in Finland.
> The input is a 9-pins male D-connector. It isn't RS-232, some of it
> pins lead directly to a 8255 and the outputs of a 7405 OC-buffer.
>  
> Familiar to anyone?

From: smf smf@null.net

> Maybe it goes to the vic 20 joystick port?

Exactly what came to my mind when I recalled how I connected the Atari’s XEP-80 over the joystick port. The only explanation that comes to mind for a DB9 in a VIC, unless some parts are missing.

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