First, I would like to thank you guys. herbfargus and floob, your help was much appreciated. floob the post you pointed me to did the job just perfectly. I timed the sleep just perfectly so that as soon as the controller is ready ES loads up. The wife and I were able to play Mario Kart 64 tonight, and even a little smash bros.
This is pretty much perfect. Now I can see to it that my daughter will be classically trained in gaming.
-Tex