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Unread 12-12-2004, 00:37
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Pinout Voltage Sources
Excuse me for being such a n00b, but why does a standard gameport (to cite the example that brought the question to mind) have so many +5V and GND source pins? Couldn't you just use one +5V and 1 GND and then have more pins for I/O?