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Dot matrix printer go EEEEEEEN-futfutfut-EEEEEEEEN-futfutfut... (lemmy.world)
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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember this, but I also remember never actually managing to get a serial port gamepad or joystick to work in Windows. Only DOS.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Serial port, or game port?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Game port (specifically on a SoundBlaster32). But isn't it also a serial port? That's just what I've always referred to with any plug that was just a rectangle full of little pins and not PS/2 or USB lol

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, a game port was a 15-pin connector, while serial ports were either 9- or 25-pin.

[–] al177@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

Sound card game ports usually doubled as MIDI interfaces, and MIDI is async serial. So they're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.