Unless one can find a (gameport) gamepad on ebay (there are some) all new ones are USB and today about half are wireless. Not being an expert of EMC or Linux I'm not sure if the wireless ones would work or not.....sure would be nice though not to be connected by a cord. One problem would be the dependency on batteries....not a good thing in the middle of a milling job if they fail. ebay examples...........item number: 280291249644 Item number: 150313638295 (no connection with either) Wayne
>> And its USB. I thought that was a no-no on an emc machine? >> >> >> > Plugging and unplugging USB devices is generally a bad idea, I think. > That causes a re-assignment of ID numbers across the entire USB > controller. I'm not sure if the higher speed bulk modes used by flash > devices are also a problem (I keep remembering that I saw issues with > kjournald on an IDE flash disk), and I think the problems people have > pointed out were all using USB storage devices. > > I use a USB mouse on most systems, and even a USB keyboard on some. > > - Steve > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
