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List:       linux-laptop
Subject:    [linux-laptop] Are there laptops with game ports?
From:       linux-laptop-admin () mobilix ! org linux-laptop-admin () mobilix ! org
Date:       2000-12-04 15:01:54
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Why worry about whether a laptop actually has a game port or not?
Just get an adapter.  See
http://www.arcadecontrols.com/arcade_input.shtml#menu_joystick

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: <linux-laptop-admin@mobilix.org>
To: <linux-laptop@mobilix.org>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-laptop] Are there laptops with game ports?


> /*  ---------------------------------------------
>  http://Xtops.DE/ Laptops with Linux (Germany)
>  ----------------------------------- adv. ---- */
>
> Don't know about ones with a game port, but if there were, Sony'd be the
> company that would probably make it (for their VAIO Laptops) since they
> really seem to love the Autio/Video gimmick.  There are game controllers
that
> use the serial prot (like the SpaceOrb) and can be used by laptops.
>
> On Friday 01 December 2000 11:16, you wrote:
> > /*  ---------------------------------------------
> >  http://Xtops.DE/ Laptops with Linux (Germany)
> >  ----------------------------------- adv. ---- */
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > do you know of laptops with a built-in game port? Or are
> > there other ways to connect a joystick? AFAIK the Linux joystick
> > driver support serial connections, also I have heard about
> > PCMCIA cards which provide a game port, but I guess they are
> > not supported.
> >
> > Werner
> >
> > BTW:
> >
> > Is the jog dial device in some of SONYs VAIO kind of a joystick
> > device?
>
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