new xpad vendor/product id

The relevant information:

vendor/product id: 0xe8f/0x201
name: SmartJoy FRAG
type: PS/2 keyboard and mouse to Xbox adapter
...where "PS/2" means the "standard" (post-80's non-USB) PC keyboard & mouse
connector/protocol, and "to Xbox" means xpad (and dancemat?) functionality. 

Irrelevant speculation / Seeking practical uses for this adapter:

1. This might be a reasonably convinient way to "emulate" a xpad (or a gamepad
in general) in Linux with an extra keyboard & mouse set for splitscreen FPS's
(Doom Legacy/dEng/...) with two "kb&mouse" sets.
2. In case of sudden USB keyboard and USB mouse (or USB->Xbox adapter) shortage,
a PS/2 keyboard & mouse could be used to "emulate" a xpad which in turn is used
to emulate a mouse in xbox-linux (Xebian, Cromwell, others?).

HN






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