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I remember this, but I also remember never actually managing to get a serial port gamepad or joystick to work in Windows. Only DOS.
Serial port, or game port?
Game port (specifically on a SoundBlaster32). But isn't it also a serial port? That's just what I've always referred to with any plug that was just a rectangle full of little pins and not PS/2 or USB lol
No, a game port was a 15-pin connector, while serial ports were either 9- or 25-pin.
Sound card game ports usually doubled as MIDI interfaces, and MIDI is async serial. So they're technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
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