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Game Ports on the PC

Sources of information about programming the PC Game/Joystick port -

• 555 timer chip datasheet; http://www.national.com/pf/LM/LM555C.html
• Basic DOS I/O Programming for Games; http://www3,bc.symatico.ca/alexander_russell/course/
• Bios Programming; http://www.ucs.co.za/~ghr/program/
• CH Products Tech Support Web page; http://www.chproducts.com/support.html
• Computer Gaming World; http://www.zdnet.com/gaming/
• Computer Games Strategy; http://www.cdmag.com/
• DOS Games Archives; http://www.dosgamesrchive.com/
• Games Developers Magazine; http://www.gdmag.com/
• Game Port -> DTMF Decoder; http://www.2xtreme.net/dage/dtmf_mic.html
• Designing HID Game Controllers for DirectInput; http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/devdes/hidgame.htm
• Graeme's Programming Page; http://www.ucs.co.za/~ghr/program/
• JOYTEST, Game port reading example program; http://www.epanorama.net/documents/joystick/joytest.zip
• Joystick test program written in C; http://mypage.direct.ca/b/bsimpson/jhbc.html#JOYTEST
• Linux Joystick Driver; http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/
• Linux Programmer's Guide, joystick programming; http://linuxwww.db.erau.edu/LPG/
• May the Force Feedback Be with You: Grappling with DirectX and DirectInput; http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0298/force.htm
• Microsoft Systems Journal; http://www.microsoft.com/msj/
• MIDI interface; http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/music.html#midi
• Moving Your Game to Windows from Microsoft; http://www.microsoft.com/devnews/janfeb97/mobygame.htm
• Moving Your Game to Windows, Part II; http://www.microsoft.com/devnews/janfeb97/mobygame2.htm
• PC Game Port Connector; http://www.cs.net/lucid/game.htm
• PC Game Programmers Encyclopedia; http://www.qzx.com/pc-gpe/
• PC Gamer Online; http://www.pcgamer.com/
• PC Hardware Information on the Web; http://www.epanorama.net/
• Phil Storrs PC Hardware Book; http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/; http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/
• Phil Storrs PC Games Ports; http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/book2/games.htm; http://members.iweb.net.au/~pstorr/pcbook/book2/games.htm
• Timing on the PC family under DOS, by Kris Heidenstrom; http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/kheidens/
• Virginia Tech, Mechatronics; http://mechatronics.me.vt.edu/

FTP sources -

• PCTIM003 FAQ / Application notes: Timing on the PC family under DOS
• JCENTER.EXE, joystick program