Re: After-market Re: 2000 pc specs eliminating all but usb+firewire ports?

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: : Methinks there will be a third-party market for : : a long time to come selling parallel/serial/etc : : cards as add-ons to dumbed-down computers. Also, : : as most people have a significant investment in : : peripherals that require those ports, I doubt any : : manufacturer worth a darn will eliminate them. : : Probably will be available as options, or they'll : : meet the PC-2000 specs "plus" backwards compatible : : ports... : Good point, since the exsisting game port was not plug and play : compatable with all the inputs that us freaks need then : the usb port will be our future for easy building of our : control projects. : : : Should be interesting to see how it pans out... : : --- saint : : : Hi everyone, : : : I read this on www.emuviews.com as a reply to a hotrod : : : story. : : : >Will there be a way to adapt older Hotrod joysticks : : : > to USB in the : : : >future as the 2000 PC specs call for the elimination : : : > of all external : : : >ports except USB and firewire : : : I don't care about the hotrod part, it is the elimination : : : of all but the firewire and usb ports that concerns me. : : : It looks like we will all need usb keyboard hacks : : : or happ's usb interface if we ever get new machines for : : : our projects. Why are they trying to turn our pc's into : : : (as Q*bert would say) #@!%ing iMacs? It seems everyone : : : is quite happy with their keyboard encoders and powerramps. : : : Anyone have anything to say on this subject? : : : :::exph:::

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