111000@reddthat.comM to Memes @ Reddthat@reddthat.com · 11 months agoHow old are you?reddthat.comimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down12
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minus-squareAlbbilinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIt was pretty awesome because you could use it as a joystick port!
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWhile the very first joysticks probably used serial ports. Common joysticks used a separate port that had less pins.
minus-squareAlbbilinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI had the pin number right, but the port needed to be the other gender, at least for my Gravis gamepad. https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*J8s6MiCEute3lfhVVgYUJw.jpeg
minus-squarescottywh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah… I had one of those too… Definitely 9 pin serial. What’s pictured in the OP is almost certainly CGA / EGA and not serial though.
It was pretty awesome because you could use it as a joystick port!
While the very first joysticks probably used serial ports. Common joysticks used a separate port that had less pins.
I had the pin number right, but the port needed to be the other gender, at least for my Gravis gamepad.
https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*J8s6MiCEute3lfhVVgYUJw.jpeg
Yeah… I had one of those too… Definitely 9 pin serial.
What’s pictured in the OP is almost certainly CGA / EGA and not serial though.