Editing Atari interface (section)

==Connector==
The connector is a 9-pin D-subminiature (DE-9<ref group="footnote">The DE-9 is ''very'' often incorrectly labelled as DB-9 or DB9, even within the electronics industry. The letter after 'D' actually signifies the size of the connector. An actual DB-9 port would be as wide as a DB-25 serial port but have only nine pins. The DE-9 shares size with DE-15 (known for VGA)</ref>), male socket on the host and female plug on the device's cord.

Many hosts have the ports flush with the panel and quite close together, without any threaded nuts. Most device plugs are therefore narrower than standard DE-9 to be able to fit them. Many hosts ports have the "shield" made of non-conductive plastic.

Beware that not all input devices with a DE-9 connector actually use Atari-compatible pinout and/or signals. A peripheral may work in the ports of one system, but not work or even damage another system. Read more in the ''[[#Partially compatible|Partially compatible]]'' and ''[[#Incompatible|Incompatible]]'' sections below.