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Re: Two DIGITAL joysticks on ONE game port?!?

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From: Carl Mueller
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 00:00

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mnaninck@zeelandnet.nl (Marc Naninck) wrote:
>Lately I got a part of an arcade cabinet, on which are mounted:
>
>2 *DIGITAL* joysticks, 4 microswitches each;
>6 digital buttons, so in total 6 microswitches.
>
>I want to connect this set to my PC via the standard (Sound Blaster)
>game port. I want to have the possibility to play two player games
>using this "joy controller", so that each player has one joystick and
>three buttons.
>
>Now I have the following questions:
>
>-How can I connect TWO joysticks (analog or digital) on ONE game port?
>
>-How can I connect many (6 or more) buttons to ONE game port? In
>computer shops they sell controller pads with 12 buttons on them?!?

One possibility is to buy existing digital game pads (such as the
MS Sidewinder, which allows 2 to be chained together), then
cannibalize them and wire your arcade control switches in place
of the ones in the digital game pads.

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From: Carl Mueller <mueller@eat.spam>
Subject: Re: Two *DIGITAL* joysticks on *ONE* game port?!?
Date: 1998/09/03
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