Hi!
I'm building a mouse/joystick switch for use with old Atari/Amiga 16-bit computers. On these computers, joystick port 0 double as a mouse port, so if you want to play two-player games you have to swap the mouse for a joystick, which is a hassle (especially so on the Atari ST, where the port is underneath the machine). So a little box where you'd connect both mouse and joystick and switch to choose one of them would be helpful.
What I need is a way to switch 8 of the pins at once, either using a DPDT-style switch or something like a couple of 4066's.
However, the 4066's need power (of which I can draw only miniscule amounts from the port's 5V pin), and I simply can't find any suitable 8-pole mechanical switchers, probably because I'm not using the right search words.
A latching push button would be a nice mechanical solution, but even better would be a switch where it'd be immediately obvious which device is active, like a slider or a toggle switch.
Thanks in advance,
Per.
