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shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 13:32:11 any chance of any joypad working with my quadra 840av? shaktiman Quadra 840 av 128meg ram 1.2 gig drive 500 meg drive os 8.1
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 14:04:25 If it's ADB, yes. If it's PS/2 or serial, it's possible. There are some PS/2 to ADB adpater floating around, and something like the PAS-16 Nubus card, which essentially is the Nubus version of a SoundBlaster, will let you connect serial joytsicks. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 14:31:23 Gravis made an ADB gamepad and an ADB joystick. I forget the name of the gamepad, but the joystick's called the Mac MouseStick II. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 14:35:36 Yeah, the Gravis ADB is great, definitely the best and one of the few modern-style ADB gamepads you'll find. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!
SiliconValleyPirate Junior Member United Kingdom 273 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 15:50:05 I have a PC game port Gravis Gamepad. It's a neat pad, kinda half reminiscent of the SNES joypad but flatter and smaller. I have an ADB Gravis Firebird for the Mac that I swapped for a pair of 32MB SIMMs. It's a mega stick with enough bells and whistles to keep even a hardedned Flight/Space sim nut like me happy I keep meaning to try X-Wing on my 840av as the Firebird software has a few issues with OS 9.1 on my 7300/200. I expect it runs fine. -- Mark Benson FlatPackMacs http://fpm.gotdns.com 2nd Lieutenant - 68kMLA, LC Quartermaster Flat Packing Macs for 68k MLA airlift excercises Macs Liberated = 14!
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 28 Jun 2002 : 16:45:53 quote: I have an ADB Gravis Firebird for the Mac that I swapped for a pair of 32MB SIMMs. It's a mega stick with enough bells and whistles to keep even a hardedned Flight/Space sim nut like me happy cool, flight sims ROCK! my first was Red Baron or something like that on the Commodore-64. i've got a couple of ADB sticks and one that came with my Laser 128, i've gotta try them! jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
shaktiman Senior Member United Kingdom 1226 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 07:52:05 Flight sims were dead in the water b4 they started, well in my experience there are about 50 keys to learn, I always crash right after take off and the graphics are usually jerky and if it were a flight sim would/should you not be able to see above you and either side of you? as for the joypad replies cheers for these. Is there a throughport gizmo that would allow me to have my adb keyboard, mouse, and two joypads, and maybe a trackball and a graphics tablet and erm maybe anything else that can be attached all at the same time? shaktiman Quadra 840 av 128meg ram 1.2 gig drive 500 meg drive os 8.1
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 08:13:27 quote: Is there a throughport gizmo that would allow me to have my adb keyboard, mouse, and two joypads, and maybe a trackball and a graphics tablet and erm maybe anything else that can be attached all at the same time? Yep. Get a hold of a Hurdler Nubus card, it'll give you four extra ADB ports. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!
bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 08:35:22 quote: as for the joypad replies cheers for these. Is there a throughport gizmo that would allow me to have my adb keyboard, mouse, and two joypads, and maybe a trackball and a graphics tablet and erm maybe anything else that can be attached all at the same time? shaktiman Quadra 840 av From memory Gravis sticks have pass-through ADB connectors. Be careful though; each device does draw current and it is possible to overload the ADB bus, which would be a Very Bad Thing™. Cheers! CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn Honest-to-god, by-the-book liberations: 13, Other 68Ks: 5, Contraband: 7, PCs: Is you mad?
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 08:58:05 quote: Yep. Get a hold of a Hurdler Nubus card, it'll give you four extra ADB ports. "hurdler" cards were serial port cards, did they make an ADB version or another product? "hustler" was the name of their fast serial cards IIRC. ADB is a proprietary interface, i'd love to get links to info on any non-apple ADB bus-master interfaces for open standard expansion interfaces to Mac O.S. CPU/Firmware! factchecking myself, i just found some more interesting links! http://www.mindspring.com/~jc1/serial/Resources/MorePorts.html http://www.thebbs.org/bbsfaq/ch07.htm http://bowiehs.elpaso.k12.tx.us/network/problems/adding_ports.html http://homes.aol.com/bishopd/mac_links/links_c.html jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF p.s. make that a few interesting links and one that's really annoying: http://www.informedusa.com/t/macproducts.html Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 01 Jul 2002 09:01:12
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 09:06:00 quote: From memory Gravis sticks have pass-through ADB connectors. Be careful though; each device does draw current and it is possible to overload the ADB bus, which would be a Very Bad Thing™. sage advice from 'sadhu! there are links to Silicon Valley Bus in my last post, they produced what is, AFAIK, the only powered ADB hublike solution. info/links to others would be appreciated. jt ™. Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 09:18:20 quote: "hurdler" cards were serial port cards, did they make an ADB version or another product? <slaps self in forehead> God I'm such an idiot. Yeah, yeah....the hurdler is serial. I don't why I thought is was ADB. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs! Edited by - cinemafia on 01 Jul 2002 09:19:53
~Coxy Leader, Tactical Ops Unit Australia 2822 Posts	Posted - 01 Jul 2002 : 21:21:23 It's interesting how nobody can agree how many ADB devices are possible per controller, I've seen various numbers between 3 and 14. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 02 Jul 2002 : 08:13:01 I've never had more than 3 on one machine myself...but it's definitely something worth finding out. Who wants to test it? 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 I Have No Legs!

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