Quote: Originally Posted by Robyn
I would suggest connecting it the serial port and using COM-PORT control winamp plugin (works even without winamp) the plugin supports up to 15 buttons. all you need are a few diodes...
You can't use the serial port. The signal is not digital (discrete voltage on, voltage off). Rather it is a variation in current that needs an analog to digital converter that is found in the joystick port. The only way you could use the serial port is if you first had a analog to digital converter circuit which would be far harder and more expensive to implement then just using the joystick port.