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- From: kingjas@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (King Jason Clark)
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- Subject: Re: Two Joystick Port prob
- Keywords: joystick, I/O, port
- Message-ID: <1gj859INNd2t@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 00:16:41 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec10.205227.14353@news2.cis.umn.edu>
- Organization: Oregon State University
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- In article <1992Dec10.205227.14353@news2.cis.umn.edu> mcgrath@staff.tc.umn.edu writes:
- >
- > I have a compatible with a built-in joystick port and a Sound Blaster Pro
- >with its joystick port, but they both, apparently, want to be port #1 at the
- >same time. Is there any way I can configure one to be port #2 via software
- >(or hardware, if it just involves some switch settings)?
-
- I don't believe this can be done because both "Ports" for two joysticks are
- built into the single port. Every joystick port( all that I know of ) contain
- 15 pins. Of these pins 4 are used in joystick functions( 1 horz., 1 vert.,
- 1 left button, 1 right button of course this is really 8 but whose counting )
- and then a couple for sync. and etc. There is only one standard address( this
- is key ) and usually one of the cards dominates that address. Therefore
- only one card can be read, because there is know way of knowing or sync. the two
- cards.
-
- >Do I have to get
- >a Y-adapter? Tell me I don't. 8)
-
- Yes... Sorry. Of course you could make your own Y-cable :P
- But I don't recommend it.
-
- >
- > -Mike McGrath
- >
- >Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science,
- >University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
- >
- >e-mail:mcgrath@staff.tc.umn.edu
-
- Jason King
-