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Re: pic: PS2 Driven Robot

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
You said the same thing a couple of days ago, and my answer yesterday stands: The OI doesn't have any ports to which you can connect a serial joystick.

I actually have a 3D joystick with a serial interface; it's a Hewlett-Packard Spaceball. Few programs have the ability to use it as an input device.


technically all ports in the back of the computer are serial ports, except for the printer port which is parallel. the only difference besides connotation is the method in which data is sent and received. :-)
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