timixretroplays

timixretroplays , vor 17 Stunden an Random Englisch

Just missed out on picking up this crazy gamepad on eBay - if I hadn't had an early night I might've spotted it.

Will you just look at this thing!? It's not a gameport device, it plugs in through PS/2 or a DIN port (with what look like adapters from one to the other). It's got Alt, Control and Delete buttons. It's got an enter button. It's got a second D-pad in the middle for some reason. The most normal thing about it is the "P" button, and that's saying something. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

A photo of the back of the box, espousing its many features, including 16 HYPER Programmable buttons, 4 user-defined macros, and a keyboard port interface.
A photo of the gamepad itself, with its manual and cable. The cable ends in a round PC keyboard plug instead of a 15-pin gameport plug.

timixretroplays , vor 11 Tagen an Random Englisch

I needed a FAT-formatted flash drive to scan stuff to and this was the closest option to hand. That's normal, right?

timixretroplays , vor 23 Tagen an Random Englisch

It's Friday night, it's cold outside and I'm still working on that whole social life thing, so here's a long rambly thread about the 15-pin PC gameport and its historical significance, because it's something I want to practice writing about at length (if anyone was silly enough to give me a PhD for something, it'd be for this nonsense).

Feel free to mute this thread if that's not your thing - or if it is, bookmark it for later, or prepare to be en-knowledge-ified!

#retrocomputing #retrogaming