From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DDTK5-0004T0-TJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:16:26 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DDTJx-0004PV-DG for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:16:22 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DDTJw-0004FH-F7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:16:16 -0500 Received: from [207.253.156.11] (helo=xavier.megacom.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DDSrS-0004yn-3v for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:46:50 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (dial-112-112-113-216.megacom.net [216.113.112.112]) by xavier.megacom.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j2LJkkoT010103 for ; Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:46:47 -0500 Message-ID: <423F24A7.5020802@domn.net> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:46:47 -0500 From: use.reply-to.address@domn.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Joystick, gameport, midi, PC speaker and better sound cards support References: <423E7FB7.2050809@domn.net> <1111420755.397.12.camel@pcgem.xiphis.org> In-Reply-To: <1111420755.397.12.camel@pcgem.xiphis.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu@domn.net, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Antony T Curtis wrote: >On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 03:03 -0500, use.reply-to.address@domn.net wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I'd like to know if joystick support is being considered for inclusion into >>qemu someday ? >> >>in the hopes to help this going forward I have done some quick research on >>joystick interface hardware and software. >> >>here are the links I found >> >>this article alone should contain all the information needed to create a >>joystick device in the virtual machine >> >>http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/pc_joystick.html >> >> > >I haven't read the above link yet but I have used PCs since the XT and I >have this to say... > >What on earth was IBM thinking when they used a 556 as a poor analogue >to digital converter?!? > >IIRC, the early joystick cards comprised solely of 2 74LS series logic >chips and a 556 (dual 555) chip. > >It was horrible. 'Nuff said. > > > > > those chips are dirt cheap and widely available even the early 80s and probably a very long time before that that way they made sure every computer had one , until the late 90s they were almost as common as printer and serial ports in domestic computers it's ugly but it worked surprisingly well , at least for me but yes , a couple ADCs would have been a lot more useful hobby-electronics wise , even better than the serial and parallel port !