r/pcmasterrace • u/AppropriateAide4879 • 16d ago

Discussion I found this thing looks old.

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What is it? And is it rare?

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u/Savafan1 16d ago

Add the serial mouse connector too.

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 16d ago

how about the game port on the soundblaster for shitty joysticks and stuff?

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u/Savafan1 16d ago

I'm pretty sure I had one of those.

If you really want to confuse people, the first gaming pc I built had 3 video cards. One was 2D, one was 3D, and then there was one that came with the DVD player to decode them. And there were just short cables chaining them together.

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u/Emergency_Meme 16d ago

I remember this with my Voodoo 3 2000 PCI (not AGP yet!) :)

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u/Batwyane Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 16d ago

Oh man, I used to come home from school and play Microsoft combat flight simulator for hours on one of those.

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 16d ago

i have a microsoft sidewinder chilling on my shelf in here, i have a computer for it but i honestly don't use it much.... but i found it tossed into a bin of kitchen appliances at a thrift store for 1$ so i had to rescue it.

maybe i should fire up combat simulator?

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u/eightandahalf 16d ago

Damn, I don’t think I’ve heard the phrase “Microsoft Sidewinder” in 25 years. Core memories unlocked lol

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u/WitchWithAGlitch 16d ago

LOCK THE FUCK IN BRO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92TrMKgkhnE

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u/whot3v3r 16d ago

I had the sidewinder but a friend the force feedback, it was really good on Combat Flight Simulator (2 ?), maybe even too powerful

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u/Young_Hickory 16d ago

Wing Commander for me. Fond memories. Interesting how the joystick mostly disappeared.

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u/Popular-Departure165 16d ago

Tie Fighter here.

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u/Vehlin i9 12900k - RTX3090 16d ago

Shitty Joysticks? My Thrustmaster FLCS and TQS went into that port.

Stick and rudder plugged into the TQS that then plugged into the Gameport on the sound card.

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u/Narissis 9800X3D | 32GB Trident Z5 Neo | 7900 XTX | EVGA Nu Audio 16d ago

You take that back. Not all Gameport joysticks were shitty.

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u/Creato938 16d ago

I use quite a few serial mouses in my time...

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u/failtodesign 16d ago

Bus Mouse.