Way back before USB, joysticks had a DIN-25 connector that was identical to the MIDI connector.
I blindly plugged my brand new MS Force Feedback joystick into the MIDI port behind my miditower (yes I’m that old) and watched the magic smoke rise out of the joystick. That was not a good day to learn about plugs. MIDI carries 50 volts or something. Stick wasn’t happy.
Strange. I always thought they were the exact same port. Because most of the time you would need a sound card to plug in a joystick. And nowadays I can’t use my MS Force Feedback because all the USB adaptors don’t implement all of the MIDI stuff the joystick needs to run the force feedback.
Way back before USB, joysticks had a DIN-25 connector that was identical to the MIDI connector.
I blindly plugged my brand new MS Force Feedback joystick into the MIDI port behind my miditower (yes I’m that old) and watched the magic smoke rise out of the joystick. That was not a good day to learn about plugs. MIDI carries 50 volts or something. Stick wasn’t happy.
Strange. I always thought they were the exact same port. Because most of the time you would need a sound card to plug in a joystick. And nowadays I can’t use my MS Force Feedback because all the USB adaptors don’t implement all of the MIDI stuff the joystick needs to run the force feedback.