On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Glenn Saunders wrote:
> This is a natural issue to follow the release of a commercial emulation. I
> know that there is something out there that does this for the
> Intellivision, so let me just say that if anyone out there wanted to rig
> something with us that would be convenient and DirectInput compatible,
> please let us know, something that can be sold already-assembled.
What is DirectInput?
> We'll partner up on it.
>
> Ideally, it should support all controller types (okay, maybe not the
> keypad) with two ports on it. Parallel isn't really a good solution. It
> would be better if it used the 15-pin controller port on sound cards or USB.
Why not parallel? I would go with the gameport. Not everyone has USB yet.
But what idiot plays arcade games on his PC without a gameport???? :)
> Whoever does this should be able to write the drivers in such a way that
> they could be used with other emulators like Atari Arcade Classics 1, so
> the market could be pretty decent.
I could do the hardware. Already have in fact...in bits and pieces. I can
write demo drivers in x86 ASM, but I have no clue when it comes to Windows
programming. Somebody wanna help out here, and write code based on the
demo drivers?
Also, I don't think there's any way for this to happen by the end of 1999.
I don't have enough time.
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