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Old laptops with joystick ports?

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First post, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2019-01-15, 06:08

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Were there any laptops made in the 90's (DOS compatible era) that had gameports built in? I know I have seen exactly one of these, on eBay once. It was some kind of generic machine from the late 90's, not at all a name brand.

Does anyone know of any?

I see some, for example, like the IBM 755CD which had a nonstandard port in the back for joystick/MIDI but I can't find a trace of the original adapter anywhere for sale.

I know also that many laptops had pins for the gameport in the docking connector. But I don't know of a way to create a breakout adapter for those, as they were all different.

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Reply 1 of 3, by henryVK

Posted on 2019-01-15, 08:03

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Yeah, apparently the Thinkpad 365CD, CSD and ED had a gameport and the 365X's port replicator also has one.

Reply 2 of 3, by JidaiGeki

Posted on 2019-01-15, 08:21

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keenmaster486 wrote:

I see some, for example, like the IBM 755CD which had a nonstandard port in the back for joystick/MIDI but I can't find a trace of the original adapter anywhere for sale.

Is it this one? https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-85G1896-85G1879- … Y-/113262617593
(not my auction)