That was it!
It turns out the controller extension I harvested the connector from was just really cheap. I used a pair of watch tweezers to gently lift the connector pins inside the Saturn port just a tiny bit and that solved the problem. Thanks so much for the nudge!
Tested and everything is...
Thanks so much for sharing this! I'm looking to use my retrobit 2.4GHz Saturn wireless controller with my HAS, though I'm running into some problems.
I went ahead and ordered the proper parts and the board from oshpark ( https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/yE8DCMIC ).
I'm using a generic USB...
I'd be interested in something like this, honestly. I just picked up a non-Dash SF2:WW kit & would love to mod it to support both crystals (so I could switch to SF2:CE).
Just wanted to drop a huge THANK YOU to @RGB -- decided to treat myself to an original SF2 WW board & everything is working beautifully. The manual/documentation is great, thank you for making it available in PDF/text. My wired legacy Saturn controller works perfectly. Loving every minute of...