Com port usage

al1979 · 11-11-2011, 11:06 AM

Hello.

I have many game machine emulators on my debian system and I enjoy them thoroughly,

I also have I sega megadrive game pad that plugs into the com port on the pc.

It would be really good if I could play the games with this pad.

I want to write or get a small program that will activate the com port so it can read the signals from the pad.

Where do I start?

Many Thanks for your help

MS3FGX · 11-11-2011, 06:22 PM

Support for many of the old gamepads is included in the Linux kernel, and the kernel documentation shows how to wire them to the parallel port:

http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Docum...ck-parport.txt

Even though the connector may be similar, trying to connect the gamepad directly to the serial port isn't going to work without additional circuitry.