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| mgb:
I'm building a PC that I will be playing a lot of classic console emulation on as well as some more modern pc games. It is Windows 7 64 Bit. I want to use original controllers. I know there are usb adaptors out there for the controllers I want to use but I kinda just wanna get a $12 Parallel port PCI card and make a classic port panel. I'm just curious if anyone knows of any lag issues and what not with using this set up. I would tend to think its probably more stable than some of the usb adaptors on the market. I know Parallel ports are used much now a days, is there any reason to believe they will have issues with Win7, I know I will need the proper drivers. |
| BobA:
I have a ROM burning card of older vintage that needs the parallel port. I could not get a version of software for the parallel port burner that will run on win 7. Have to use XP to use the rom burner. Something about Win 7 makes the software difficult to implement. |
| BadMouth:
I haven't been able to get my parallel port working for other things (monitor rotation) in Vista 64 due to all the permissions/driver signature BS. Neither the one on the motherboard and a add-on PCI card. It's been accomplished by others, but some of the tutorials include disclaimers that a windows update has since killed the workarounds. :banghead: Not sure what the parallel port input on ppjoy requires, but expect these kind of issues. |
| mgb:
Well maybe I will just play it safe and go usb adaptor. |
| abispac:
i have used win7 32 with no problem, you just use the xp compatibility mode, but it dosnt work on 64 bit version of w7... |
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