The implication I am making is that a normal PC can be improved on emulation wise by building in some emulation friendly features . But this could be just plain wrong . So can the emulation capability of a PC be improved on by adding in certain retro friendly features ? An example of this would be additional "cards" to provide extra facilities for very old 1980s equipment .
I thought of this today when thinking about how a ZX-Uno could handle an Atari style joystick (with sub D connectors) whereas a normal PC is limited to USB style joysticks . So my first question is . Are those "game pad" PCI cards that used to be available for PCs circa 2005 and which I think had sub D connectors ,still available? Can old ones be used and is it difficult to get the drivers for these (So are new cards best or are old ones the only option/). Does anyone know the answeres?
Is there any useful "mileage" in this question or is the scope very limited ( of what can be done to "retro-ise" a PC's abilities ?) .
I thought of this today when thinking about how a ZX-Uno could handle an Atari style joystick (with sub D connectors) whereas a normal PC is limited to USB style joysticks . So my first question is . Are those "game pad" PCI cards that used to be available for PCs circa 2005 and which I think had sub D connectors ,still available? Can old ones be used and is it difficult to get the drivers for these (So are new cards best or are old ones the only option/). Does anyone know the answeres?
Is there any useful "mileage" in this question or is the scope very limited ( of what can be done to "retro-ise" a PC's abilities ?) .