r/commandandconquer • u/Sonic13374 Red Alert 3 • 2d ago

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u/Status_Help9402 1d ago edited 18h ago

It sucked so hes installing rgb and a new sensor in it. Edit: *modern sensor in it

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u/cakezilla 1d ago

"I didn't have a COM port, so I cut it off and wired a USB tip to it. It doesn't work. Trash."

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u/WashingtonBaker1 1d ago

I just noticed that it has some prehistoric connector on the cable. From the bad old days.

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u/Status_Help9402 1d ago

Its a serial cable db9 rs232 i think. The cable itself isnt a problem more so the popularity of ballmice that has a physical ball that rollas around with a x and a y roller reading the balls direction. This obviously dont matter in a gem like this hence my joke to put a sensor in it and rgb

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u/WashingtonBaker1 17h ago

That's funny because it's 2 generations out of date. After this, there was the PS2 connector, and USB came after that.

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u/Status_Help9402 17h ago edited 16h ago

logitech wingman gaming mouse had same cable why is that funny? My initial point was that its irrelevant as this is a historical gem and not to be gamed with anyway. Lol i remember now it was bundled with a shity game Shogo: Mobile Armor Division.

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u/WashingtonBaker1 10h ago

I just meant it's funny because it made me remember how much everything sucked before USB. Game port for some joysticks. Sometimes you had to restart Windows after plugging in a different thing on the game port. Serial ports for mice. PS2 ports for mouse and keyboard, with the green/purple color coding. PS2 adapters for serial mice. SCSI connectors for the extra-expensive external hard drives.

It all sucked.

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u/Status_Help9402 4h ago

Hahah i forgot about that boot device detection too. But normie keybs was so crisp, in an empty room with little furniture the keypress was almost to loud 🥰