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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoGame 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
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoNo, a game port was a 15-pin connector, while serial ports were either 9- or 25-pin.
minus-squareal177@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSound 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.
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.