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Carroll Grigsby <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 20:33:07 -0400
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I'm not sure whether this will work, but aren't here gizmotches that
allow you to connect two game port devices to the same port? I recall
seeing such devices in a Walmart a couple of years ago.
-- Carroll


Herbert Graf wrote:
>
> > 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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