Re: Joystick portability questions...

[Brad Johnson <foxtrot@autobahn.mb.ca>]

> If you have a 9-pin COM port, then I'm sure you can simply compile the
> Sega Genesis or Saturn controller interface and use that. Support for
> the Gravis Stinger is coming soon. I'm not up on what other serial
> devices there are, and if they're supported, so look in the docs for the
> joystick driver (in the /usr/src/linux/Documentation/joystick directory,
> I believe).

	The old Commodore computers (C-64, Amiga, etc) used a DB-9 port for
all their joysticks, and the Genesis controller worked in it... has anyone
tried any of these joysticks on a Linux box? Unfortunately, most of the
joysticks meant for the Commodore computers only had one button...

								--Brad