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  2. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    A Dell Latitude E4310 laptop with a pointing stick (upper middle) and a touchpad (bottom). They were commonly featured together on Dell Latitude laptops, beginning in the late 1990s. The pointing stick can be used in ultra-compact netbooks [13] where there would be no place for a touchpad.

  3. Game controller - Wikipedia

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    A mouse and computer keyboard are typical input devices for a personal computer and are currently the main game controllers for computer games. The mouse is often used with a mousepad to achieve greater speed, comfort, accuracy and smoother movement for the gamer. Some video game consoles also have the ability to function with a keyboard and a ...

  4. Joystick - Wikipedia

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    Possible elements of a video game joystick: 1. stick, 2. base, 3. trigger, 4. extra buttons, 5. autofire switch, 6. throttle, 7. hat switch (POV hat), 8. suction cups. A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.

  5. Microsoft SideWinder - Wikipedia

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    User-made game port to USB adapter supporting FFB on the Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro only. Simple joystick support on 3D Pro, Precision Pro, Precision Pro Plus, and Wheel. [12] As the PC joystick port is input-only, the only way for data to be sent to the joystick (to trigger force feedback events) is to use the MIDI capabilities of the port ...

  6. Game port - Wikipedia

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    With the exception of laptops—for which companies released joystick adapters for parallel or serial ports, which needed custom software drivers [16] —through the early 1990s, the game port was universally supported on sound cards, [12] and increasingly became built-in features as motherboards added sound support of their own. This remained ...

  7. Gravis PC GamePad - Wikipedia

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    The GamePad Pro utilized the 'button' signal lines on an analog PC joystick port to send digital signals (referred to as "GrIP") [1] to allow for both the use of ten buttons and the simultaneous use of up to four controllers connected by the controller's built-in piggyback plug. A switch on the pack of the non-USB pad could be used to allow the ...

  8. Man Told Girlfriend He Was Going Home for Dinner, Then Killed ...

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    An affidavit previously obtained by the local news stations stated that Jacob left his girlfriend's house, saying he was going to have dinner with his family.

  9. Input device - Wikipedia

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    A user presses a key which transfers information to a computer. In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer or information appliance. Examples of input devices include keyboards, computer mice, scanners, cameras, joysticks, and microphones.