Sigh.

A newish computer is had now, and with my old computer dying my old game controller must be retired, as it has no available connection to this new thing here. Maybe I could take up more electronics workings and attempt to consolidate this modified playstation controller (with just the right shade of green LED) from a printer port connection to a usb...but it'll take a while and some practice.
Maybe I should wait to worry about it until after I've got some of the emulation games back in there.