[geeks] xbox360 controller to normal USB?

[Chad McAuley]

nate at portents.com wrote:
>> I thought Xbox360 controllers were normal USB, they just needed drivers
>> for a PC to recognize them.
> 
> Not quite - the gamepad is a regular USB HID device, but it uses the 0xff
> DeviceClass ('Vendor Specific') while normal HID devices use 0x03. 
> Regular HID drivers won't attach to it automatically.  Also, the device
> has no USB Report Descriptor, making an operating system unable to
> determine its device layout.  As always, thanks Microsoft.
> 
> YMMV with other types of 360 controllers, but in general, don't get your
> hopes up.
> 
> - Nate
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Ahhh, guess I should have been more clear.  I meant "normal" USB as far 
as the connector was concerned.  I was assuming Mr. Bill was looking for 
some sort of physical adapter because  of a tab "A" doesn't fit slot "B" 
sort of deal, rather than something that translated Microsoft-HID into 
regular old USB HID.  Still good info to have though, since I was being 
delusional and just assuming that if it was a standard USB connector 
that Microsoft was using a proper USB implementation.