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Tag results: Serial port

The Original “Universal” Port

The Atari 2600’s joystick port had a history that survived for nearly two decades on a variety of systems, from the Sega Master System to the 3DO. Not that cross-compatibility is exactly perfect.

Aug 24, 2022

Driver Disaster

Why USB ports changed the world for the better, or what I learned from a futile month of trying to get a 25-year-old webcam working on a modern PC.

Jul 16, 2019

 Related Tags: internet history, computer history, atari, cameras, logitech, commodore, commodore amiga, usb, commodore 64, webcam, serial port, parallel port, connectix quickcam, logitech quickcam, video camera, atari 2600, vcs, atari vcs, de facto standards, joystick port

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