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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I played Descent II with both a Microsoft Sidewinder, and a Spaceorb 360.

Holy crap! I just saw that Linus Torvalds wrote in 1999, and is still maintaining, a Linux SpaceOrb 360 driver.

Holy crap 2.0! Here's a guy selling a complete hardware and software solution to get a SpaceOrb 360 working on a modern computer: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4380741525/vectorbridge-usb-adapter-spaceorb-360?sts=1

Last time I looked, I couldn't get Windows drivers for it, so I just gave up. Not on Windows anymore.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Decent and that sidewinder. Wow. That is a long time ago. But I remember!