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From: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu (fred sullivan)
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Subject: Re: Linking two computers
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Date: 20 Feb 88 16:01:35 GMT
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In article <8802191655.AA26182@mitre-bedford.ARPA> jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA writes:
>Actually, in only one of these cases is there much hope of doing what you ask
>with just a "cord".  That is the case of the joystick ports.  I think you
>could in fact wire them up with a simple cord and then program them to talk
>back and forth.  Of course then you would have no place to plug in the
>joysticks, so you would wind up having to do something more complicated than
>just a "cord".
>
So how many joystick ports are there?  My 800/Fossil has four.  Is there
only one on an XL?

Fred Sullivan
Department of Mathematical Sciences
State University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, New York  13903
Email: sullivan@marge.math.binghamton.edu