> > Check for a game port ?
> > I haven't seen a computer in 15 years that didn't have a game port.
> Well, most people got the gameport by way of a sound card. The latest
> iteration of Sound Blaster cards has dropped the gameport for a Firewire
> port. So.... it's not too hard to find a PC without a gameport nowadays.
> Dale.
> -Larry
> > > Dan,
> > > Chris is right. Gameports are soooo "legacy." IIWY, I'd go out and
buy
> a
> > > wheel commensurate w. yer new CPU (like a Momo), but if you like, I'll
> > give
> > > you a CH gameport if you'll pay the shipping.
> > > --Steve
> > If gameports are so legacy then how is one supposed to connect a midi
> > keyboard to the computer? Even mb's with onboard sound usually come with
a
> > gameport.
BWAHAHAHAHA
Russ
> Doesn't sound like Dell's fault.
> (Can you tell I'm a network manager happy Dell's as server and WS's :)
> James
> > If you're running Windows XP on the new toy, you're better off with a
USB
> > wheel anyway. XP doesn't fully support the game port controllers, since
> > they're between four and seven years old and the controller
manufacturers
> > have moved their product primarily to USB. 8-)
> > --
> > Chris H.
> > > Well, I just bought a new $1,899.52 Dell PC to find out it doesn't
have
> a
> > > freakin' gameport for my Logitech wheel! I gotta go out and buy a new
> > wheel
> > > now AND find someone to buy my old wheel off me. Maybe my friend
Corey
> > will .
> > > . .
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Dan Belcher
> > > Webmaster,
> > > http://www.gplworld.racesim.net/simcrash
I think if you go that route you will only get four functional buttons.
