Re: joystick off of com port?

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From: mcar... Michael Carmack
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:00

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Nathan Collins (ncol...@cray.com) wrote:

: I just got my first joystick so I could play some flt sims.
: The stick has a 15 pin male connector, my pc has 9 and 25 pin male
: com ports. Can I get an adapter for the stick, or do I need a game
: card?

You need a game card.  Or some sound cards have joyports on them (my SB16
has one, for example).
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Date: 1995/09/18
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