Cables & wiring details

Parallel port joystick configuration for sim:
http://www.etheli.com/simulator/simulator.html
http://www2.burg-halle.de/~schwenke/parport.html
http://sim.tomsrc.com/page.php?17                            parallel & serial port emulation
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_joystick.html#connector     very good connection diagrams
http://www.raphnet.net/electronique/usb_game12/index.php
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/par/
http://airborn.com.au/serial/rs232.html




USB connection hacking:
http://www.simprojects.nl/usb_joystick_hacking.htm

Gameport connections:
http://pinouts.ru/Inputs/GameportPCMidi_pinout.shtml
http://www.simprojects.nl/joystick_connection.htm
http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_circuits.html#sb_solver
http://vvvv.org/documentation/howto-gameport


control servo motors:
http://principialabs.com/joystick-control-of-a-servo      with C++
http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php?topic=12660.0         with Visual Basic code
http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/stepper.asp
http://www.imagesco.com/articles/picservo/04.html

All types of PC control details:
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade_input.shtml
http://www.physiol.ox.ac.uk/~trp/pinouts.html
http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Main_Page

-- use for tests:

http://circuitzoo.com/2011/02/27/electronics/atari-to-pc-joystick-adapter-circuit-diagram

http://circuitzoo.com/2010/10/18/electronics/guitar-tone-control-circuit-board-design

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming/RS-232_Connections

http://www.circuit-projects.com/audio-circuits/
http://www.sonelec-musique.com/electronique_realisations_interface_midi_001.html
http://www.abcelectronique.com/

some pieces to buy:
http://www.homecinema-fr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=29881029