Removing joystck

Will it hurt anything to change joystick/t2 by unplugging from soundcard gameport?It would be a pain to shutdown just to do that.... Thanks...........

I did it for a long time with no bad results.Then I got the Joyswitch from Egghead software.It can handle 4 joysticks and 2 sets of foot pedals. You can take a look at it at www.egghead.com.It goes for about $50. I got tired of plugging and unplugging until I found this.

All the documentation say's to power down, but I've never had a problem (so far) by unplugging with the power on.

> > Will it hurt anything to change joystick/t2 by unplugging from > > soundcard gameport?It would be a pain to shutdown just to do that.... > All the documentation say's to power down, but I've never had a problem (so > far) by unplugging with the power on. I believe that the docs say that because of the chance of dislodging the ISA card during the removal/insertion. If you are going to hot-swap joysticks, be certain that your ISA cards are screwed in and secure. I've seen ISA slots burned out by dislodging cards with the power on. --Jim

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> > > Will it hurt anything to change joystick/t2 by unplugging from > > > soundcard gameport?It would be a pain to shutdown just to do that.... > > All the documentation say's to power down, but I've never had a problem (so > > far) by unplugging with the power on. > I believe that the docs say that because of the chance of dislodging the > ISA card during the removal/insertion. If you are going to hot-swap > joysticks, be certain that your ISA cards are screwed in and secure. > I've seen ISA slots burned out by dislodging cards with the power on. > --Jim

I went down to my local electronics store and picked up a male and female D-15 connector, and a ribbon cable long enough to plug into the back of the computer and go down and under the computer to the front. That is where I plug the joystick in. This way I can reach it easily, and there isn't any risk of effecting the ISA card. mykey

: > : > > Will it hurt anything to change joystick/t2 by unplugging from : > > soundcard gameport?It would be a pain to shutdown just to do that.... : > All the documentation say's to power down, but I've never had a problem (so : > far) by unplugging with the power on. : I believe that the docs say that because of the chance of dislodging the : ISA card during the removal/insertion. If you are going to hot-swap : joysticks, be certain that your ISA cards are screwed in and secure. : I've seen ISA slots burned out by dislodging cards with the power on. Ahh, that makes sense. If you are going to be doing alot of swapping input devices and don't want to spend the bucks on a JoySwitch, go out and find a joystick extension cable. With this you can have the plug within easy reach and you won't even have to worry about dislodging your card. Should be able to find one for around $5.00-$6.00! -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=