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Sephiroth

i wonder?

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well, in a state of extream boredem and half dosed by my medication I noticed something. across the room sets my old atari 2600 along with a few joy sticks. I pick one up and look at the connector and think. "hey that looks like it can fit into a serial port" not sure but i think it can. either i tried and forgot or just never tried at all. so i want to know.
1. does it fit?
2. could it work if it did?
3. if it can work, is there software and drivers for it?

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"Sephiroth
God of Faulty Hardware"

And your title is proven not to be idle flattery. :P Even if you did get the controller to fit in your serial port, I don't think there's any chance in heaven or hell, even on a 3-3-3 day, that your comp would recognize it.

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i know it would not see it even if it fit. however i am wondering if someone has ever worked with it and wrote software that could interface with the joy stick

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somewhere on classicgaming.com, i believe there's a page of step-by-step instructions on how to modify any controller to work with your usb port.
but if you think i care enough to go looking for it, you're pretty goddamn fucked.

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Sounds like a tall order. But I wouldn't doubt there's some l337 guy out there who tried.

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You might want to stop plugging components just because they sport look-alike ports. A friend of mine busted an old, $15.000 automated DAT system (complete with robotic arm to change the tapes) by plugging a monitor in an alternate data feed.

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Heh me too, except my Atari stuff is pre-2600 and the system is a Sears Telegames imitation.

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pritch said:

sorry, was that $15.000 (heh)?

or,

$15,000 (O_O)?

We use the period as a digit grouping symbol and comma as the decimal symbol.

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well i dont just plug stuff in cause it fits. havnt even tried.

another interesting thing is that older MAC's had a monitor plug that was the same type as a game port. i think they currently use the normal svga connector

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