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  • Use more than one fire button with a Divide?Greetings, I have recently purchased a Divide 2k14 that has an integrated joystick port and an activity led for said port, whenever I plug an Amst…

    ... with 2 of the fire buttons. Can this second fire button be used for ...
    jackic jackic March 2019 Hardware
  • Joystick InterfacesDoes anyone have a spare 9-pin D-sub male (the hollow type with the pins) connector with circuit-mount legs on the back (as opposed to the solder-buc…

    ... ) so I can repair a Kempston Pro 3-port interface that ... ="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kempston-Joystick-Interface-for-48k-ZX ... "]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kempston-Joystick-Interface-for-48k-ZX ... where I wired up a second fire button in a joystick to operate ...
    joefish joefish April 2010 Hardware
  • Empire "Mega" PatchI've been posting [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001619"]Empire[/URL] related bits and pieces [URL="http://www.worldofspectr…

    ... later Amstrad models
    [*]The Kempston joystick fire button bug
    [*]Grafts in ... ,131,127,-1674: REM FIX KEMPSTON FIRE BUTTON
    220 DATA 62,239 ... to go to
    [*]Press fire and you'll see the ... you'll see a 10 second countdown in the top left ...
    jp jp November 2011 Development
  • Kempston Interface - Versatile?Is the Kempston Joystick Interface versatile in the meaning that it can accommodate other types of controllers instead of just a Sinclair-based joyst…

    ... problem - if you hit button 2, it could crash the ... standard for a second fire button, and some Spectrum (Kempston) joystick interfaces would ... so when you pressed that button it connect +5V to ... re-wired the second button onto FIRE on a second joystick cable. On ...
    joefish joefish April 2009 Hardware
  • Beepola v1.00.00Beepola is a new multi-channel, multi-engined, tracker-style Beeper music editor for Windows (although it should also run perfectly well on Linux or …

    ... start point, and the second one plays a single note ... the keyboard and Kempston joystick fire button (if a Kempston interface is detected ... it to also check the kempston fire button.

    [QUOTE=Timmy ... playing the music for a second and play the sound ...
    ccowley ccowley April 2010 Announcements
  • Which joystick interface is best?Hi i just bought spectrum 48k and i must buy joystick intf, but on epay i can't find kempston, so i must choose between: -Protek intf -Interface 2 -…

    ... programmable interface which supports two fire buttons. It's the ... least add a DKTronics / Kempston joystick interface leaning forward from ... to build a 7-button fighter joystick for that ...
    Anyway, it supports a second fire button on two other lines of ...
    joefish joefish January 2011 Hardware
  • Which joystick interface is best?Hi i just bought spectrum 48k and i must buy joystick intf, but on epay i can't find kempston, so i must choose between: -Protek intf -Interface 2 -…

    ... /+2A/+3 (..shit)

    Kempston interfaces on ZX Spectrum often ... . (Connect direction with +5V). This kempston interfaces not contain GND signal ... the second fire button is completely isolated, and wired into fire on a second joystick ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2011 Hardware
  • Z80 Edge Connectors - ProjectsHello there my fellow Spectrum-mites I am looking to source a few of these connectors - while I could just rework some old ISA socket for proto's I …

    ... able to add things like second fire button support (to activate a ... keyboard), or even a second port to do QAOPM keys ... pack, CurraSpeach unit and a Kempston interface!

    wow ... /> MicroDrive
    RAMTurbo
    Kempston Interface
    DivIDE

    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2011 Hardware
  • Hacking a Joystick InterfaceI have a DK'Tronics twin-port joystick interface that does Kempston and Sinclair 0-6 keys. I know it has only 14 lines connecting it to the edge con…

    ... for either +5V or a second fire button, and if one joystick ... mouse can be connect to kempston connector and exist software ... [/url]

    Old kempston interfaces use +5V instead GND ... is correct pinout (AMIGA/ATARI/KEMPSTON) on joystick interface:
    ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2011 Hardware
  • Hacking a Joystick InterfaceI have a DK'Tronics twin-port joystick interface that does Kempston and Sinclair 0-6 keys. I know it has only 14 lines connecting it to the edge con…

    ... Master System joystick uses for button 2. Which means you can ... have a handy extra reset button. The SMS takes its power ... uses pin 7 for its second fire button, so one of those joysticks ... compatible pinout: ATARI, AMIGA, C64, KEMPSTON
    velesoft velesoft April 2011 Hardware
  • Please explain how a Kempston interface circuit works.Can someone help me understand how a Kempston joystick interface works, as I want to design and build my own as an experiment. I understand switches…

    ... trigger a second fire button one bit higher than the normal Kempston one. ... the step of adding a second fire button? The problem is, it ... a keypress alternative to a second fire button in your code. At ... OK with adding a second fire button? What do people think?
    joefish joefish January 2014 Hardware
  • Joypads compatable with kempston interfaceI have recently introduced my 10 year old lad to the spectrum, and although it is no xbox 360 there are many games he really likes playing. The only …

    ... contain up to 8 fire buttons. Old kempston joystick interfaces for ZX ... connect only one fire button.

    Any modern kempston joystick interface contain ... games support only one joystick fire. Second fire button is usable in very small ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2014 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... pin 7 as an extra fire button. Connect that up to ... use different pins for the second fire button. I'd say if ... you're going for a second fire button, you pool the remaining ... or specifically interfaces that combine Kempston and Sinclair ports. Because one ...
    joefish joefish April 2014 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... DK'Tronics twin-port interface (Kempston and Sinclair) you'll see ... lead it has for a second fire button, you're blocking it.
    joefish joefish April 2014 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... ]
    That does mean no second fire button. And if it's going ... inputs (Sinclair 1, 2 & Kempston) is it worth it for ...
    joefish joefish April 2014 Hardware
  • Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…

    ... 765469]That does mean no second fire button. And if it's going ... course, the lack of a second fire button affects Sinclair 1 and Sinclair ... scheme for handling the extra fire button.

    I was ... inputs (Sinclair 1, 2 & Kempston) is it worth it for ...
    zub zub April 2014 Hardware
  • Games that need more than one fire buttonI need know list of ZX games that need more than one fire buttons. Ideally games which use more additional keys (lemmings, r-type, etc...).

    ... br /> original COMMANDO read kempston joystick from incorrect port # ...
    For add second fire button on kempston joystick use also [B ...
    Commando with kempston joystick controll use hold fire1 ... use small delay. Second fire on kempston joystick now active ...
    velesoft velesoft June 2014 Games
  • Arcade Stick SuggestionsHello, everyone. As some of you know, I am working on a "Let's Play" series for ZX Spectrum games (I've already recorded the video footage for the pi…

    ... buttons and (ideally) auto-fire. Let's have a ... used two independent joystick fire buttons? I know there ... II to use the second fire button function of that device, ... mainstream interfaces (Kempston, Cursor, Sinclair) have a second fire function (accessible ...
    Jimmo Jimmo September 2014 Hardware
  • Arcade Stick SuggestionsHello, everyone. As some of you know, I am working on a "Let's Play" series for ZX Spectrum games (I've already recorded the video footage for the pi…

    ... II to use the second fire button function of that device, ... mainstream interfaces (Kempston, Cursor, Sinclair) have a second fire function (accessible ... more than one button: The button in question usually ... delivered more than one button, no matter how many ...
    TheTurnipKing TheTurnipKing September 2014 Hardware
  • New MEMFACE projectMEMFACE is my old project, but never finished. Now is PCB done (at the post office) and I write firmware for CPLD. MEMFACE is interface with external…

    ... PORT DISABLE
    KEMPSTON (with two fire buttons)
    SINCLAIR ... Only Kempston support two fire buttons, but I can add second fire button ... modes ? Which keys use as second fire ?

    ... fuller joystick or second kempston mode on different port ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2014 Hardware
  • Games that need more than one fire buttonI need know list of ZX games that need more than one fire buttons. Ideally games which use more additional keys (lemmings, r-type, etc...).

    ... joystick controll with kempston joystick controll with possibility use second fire button or SPACE ... orig.kempston will usable only one fire button + SPACE, for new modern kempston interfaces ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2016 Games
  • MSX joystick to kempston interface?Although I have tried and got one MSX joystick working with a kempston interface, after looking at the pin-out of the MSX Joystick connector and the …

    Most Kempston, or Kempston compatiable joystick interfaces use ...
    5.
    6. Fire 1
    7. +5V supply ... unconnected. When joysticks with auto-fire became popular, a +5V ... a second fire button input on pin 9. Some have a third fire button ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2016 Hardware
  • New spectrum game from RetroWorks: SWORD OF IANNALast Saturday RetroWorks and myself officially presented at Retro-Sevilla their new Spectrum 128k game "SWORD OF IANNA" that will run on a Dandanator…

    Need small fix. All modern kempston joystick interfaces support also second fire button. If anyone connect SEGA GAMEPAD controller then may use BUTTON B and C as kempston fire 1 and fire 2. This game is ideal for support fire 2 in controll code.
    velesoft velesoft March 2018 Development
  • New spectrum game from RetroWorks: SWORD OF IANNALast Saturday RetroWorks and myself officially presented at Retro-Sevilla their new Spectrum 128k game "SWORD OF IANNA" that will run on a Dandanator…

    [quote="velesoft;935590"]modern kempston joystick interfaces support also second fire button.[/quote]
    there is a support of it in the emulator?
    goodboy goodboy March 2018 Development
  • New spectrum game from RetroWorks: SWORD OF IANNALast Saturday RetroWorks and myself officially presented at Retro-Sevilla their new Spectrum 128k game "SWORD OF IANNA" that will run on a Dandanator…

    ... ="velesoft;935590"]modern kempston joystick interfaces support also second fire button.[/quote]
    there ...
    velesoft velesoft March 2018 Development
  • Use more than one fire button with a Divide?Greetings, I have recently purchased a Divide 2k14 that has an integrated joystick port and an activity led for said port, whenever I plug an Amst…

    ... support the use of a second fire button if correctly configured.

    Alien Storm supports 2 fire button joystick with kempston interface?

    But ... kempston interface must be a modified version, not the original single fire button ...
    Renegade Renegade March 2019 Hardware
  • Use more than one fire button with a Divide?Greetings, I have recently purchased a Divide 2k14 that has an integrated joystick port and an activity led for said port, whenever I plug an Amst…

    ... support the use of a second fire button if correctly configured.

    Alien Storm supports 2 fire button joystick with kempston interface?

    But ... kempston interface must be a modified version, not the original single fire button ...
    matalog matalog March 2019 Hardware
  • Use more than one fire button with a Divide?Greetings, I have recently purchased a Divide 2k14 that has an integrated joystick port and an activity led for said port, whenever I plug an Amst…

    ... have Kempston's interfaces always had the ability to pass a second fire button ...
    joefish joefish March 2019 Hardware
  • Which coin-op classics still need a great Speccy conversion?Most of my faves have been done in the last couple of years - Turtles, Kung Fu Master, Rally-X, Mr Do, the Space Invaders and Pac-Man emulators, the …

    ... Atari style of one fire button. The Sinclair Interface II ... a difference would have been Kempston themselves, and I doubt ... programmable interface supported two fire buttons, but they had ... autofire circuit) as the second fire button because that was the only ...
    joefish joefish April 2020 Games
  • Delta's ShadowA new mega-game from sanchez + co (castlevania, etc) and design by sinc-lair. It's a pay title but there is a downloadable demo: https://zxonline…

    I really don’t understand why, when using kempston, the second fire button (pin 5) acts as ”suit change” and not as ”fire”. This makes the game practically unplayable.
    arttu arttu January 2021 Brand new software
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