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Article #9039Re: What can you do with a PC game port?
From: Michael Brian Seales
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 05:03
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 05:03
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In article <q52RZ1w164w@fungus.UUCP>, larry@fungus.UUCP (Larry Ng) writes:
|> mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) writes:
|>
|> > There are two analog inputs (resistance), correct? Suppose I connect
|> > a photocell across one and the temperature probe from a microwave oven
|> > across the other; would I then be able to read the room temperature and
|> > light intensity (assuming I've worked out the scaling of values)?
|> >
|> > Could someone mail me a list of the pin descriptions for the game port?
|> > Is it possible to OUTPUT anything through the game port?
|>
|> Hey, I was thinking of that too! (Great minds think alike? ;-)
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Shouldn't that be "Small minds seldom differ" ??!!??
Michael Seales
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