Tandy DIN-type Joystick on a Modern Computer?

[glendower]

Does anyone know if a way (or if it's possible) to use one of those old-fashioned Tandy joysticks on a modern computer? I've looked around and haven't had much luck, but, you know, for just general gaming I really loved the joystick I used with my Tandy 1000SL/2. It had a round DIN plug (same as the CoCo, right?), a square base, centering could be turned on or off indenpendently for each axis (which made it a great throttle for MS flight sim ) and had 2 fire buttons. I've wanted to grab a couple of these off of ebay, but I don't know if I'd be able to use them! It seems like an adapter ought to exist... I just really dug that joystick

Thanks for any input!

[Great Hierophant]

Well, there is good news and bad news.  The good news is that the CoCo joysticks function similarly to PC joysticks.  You can build an adapter for the cost of the parts.  The bad news is that the PC expects 100 kohm potentiometers for the X and Y axes.  If they CoCo use 100kohm pots, you should be fine.  If not, then you may have to replace them or you are out of luck.