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by rasz 724 days ago
In that thread ssokolow links reverse engineering for gravis https://github.com/prosper00/GRiP-duino and sidewinder https://github.com/MaZderMind/SidewinderInterface, both are bitbanging joystick button pins. You couldnt ship joystick relying on MIDI as people still had plain gmeport cards, not to mention some sound cards didnt support MIDI.
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livrem 723 days ago
The sidewinder used MIDI for force feedback though, for models that had that: https://web.archive.org/web/20151220120836mp_/https://code.g...

Found this page that has a list of some 10 different protocols for sending digital signals from joysticks to a gameport: https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/joysticks.php Other than the sidewinder and GriP protocols I have not managed to find any specs for the other protocols. I clearly think I remember from back in the day that using MIDI for extra buttons was a thing so it may be one of those other protocols did, or it could be that I am just wrong.

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rasz 723 days ago
Even FF is crazy, would that force a choice between FF and GM wavetable for example?
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