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> the old MS joystick that had a throttle, extra buttons, and especially the yaw twist capability of the stick

The sidewinder? I don’t remember it having a throttle though https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SideWinder#3D_Pro

Looks like there were relaunched and you can still get USB models from retailers.

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Yes, that's the one! There were at least to versions (generations?) - at least one had a slider, and the other had a dome shaped knob; both worked for throttle. https://www.x-fish.org/blog_picture/110607_01.jpg

Nice. Dear gods I forgot what nonsense plugs were before USB. Did it plug into a? MIDI? port??

That was a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_port

Which, incidentally, can be used as a MIDI port with a converter cable.

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