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Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 16:38:47 -0400
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> I tried last week to get help with hooking two gaming devices to
> my non usb
> machine, and didn't get it sorted out.  My kids have a dedicated gaming
> machine and they are always wanting me to swap the joystick for the
> steering wheel or the other way around.  In a non usb machine, how can I
> hook up these two units at once so I am not having to constantly pull the
> machine out to connect and un connect.  Maybe this is too simple and y'all
> are chuckling at my ignorance, but I would really like to know how to
> connect these two devices at the same time if there is a way.  (right now
> both use the game port)

     Easiest way is to buy or build a switchbox similar to the ones that
allow one to use more than one computer with a printer or things like that.
TTYL

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