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Unread 04-12-2002, 23:19
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Originally posted by Kyle Fenton
One thing that requires is a serial connection, which fewer and fewer devices are being made with a serial connection. Most companies favor a USB connection for obvious reasons. You can however build a USB to serial converter, as 190 (I think) made their joystick work.
How exactly does one go about building such a usb-to-serial converter? I've found ways to convert a gameport joystick into the port on the RC, but nothing about usb-to-serial. If anyone has any info about this, it seems like a pretty cool thing to do.
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