>>A STANDARD FOR JOYSTICK-COMMUNICCATION proposal...
>8<-- nice nice, but it would be better if it were a NETWORK, so, with one
>(!) or more computers, including one or more PC's (that was the original
>question, remember)
>
>we can use some kind of token to decide which computer may send data. If the
>computer doesn't have the token, it must read the data and relay it to the
>next.
I agree. But I think it is also possible with this proposed standard, right?
That is, the basic engine should not to be modified, just expanded.
>Still, I think MIDI is better: we don't neet to think about the physical and
>network layer (speaking in OSI terms), that's already been done AND the big
>advantage: we can use interrupts, so we don't have to poll.
EVERYBODY has joystick ports, but what percent of people has MIDI interface?
Besdies making the cable is very very easy in this way. So, I bet for the
joystick standard! And for the starting of a new era in the double-play
games, it was time!!
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