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- From: das1417@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Grenadier)
- Subject: Re: Joystick problems with Wing Commander 2, SO2, WC1!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.171846.24852@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1993Jan5.122621.18926@news.clarkson.edu>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:18:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan5.122621.18926@news.clarkson.edu> gulla@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Jerry Gulla) writes:
- >OK, I'm about ready to give up! Recently, I posted a message saying I
- >was having trouble with my joystick (i.e., becoming non-functional after
- >a few minutes.) I d/l the WC joystick patch prog. (thanks to those who
- >gave me tips.) Still did the same thing. Last night, I even
- >re-installed WC2 and SO2 - BOTH did the SAME thing! I don't think is a
- >"calibration" problem anymore; the games *ignore* the joystick after a
- >few minutes. Anyway, I'm running these games on a 386/40 using the
- >joustick port of my old SoundBlaster card (rev 1.5, I think.) My
- >current theory is, if I get a joystick card for fast machines (the kind
- >that "auto-sense" the cpu speed), should this solve the problem? I'd
- >like some idea before I shell out $30 for a joystick card. Thanks!
-
- Where is this joystick patch thing for those of us who don't
- already have it? I got Wing Commander I Deluxe Edition for Christmas,
- but I can't use the joystick because it's overly sensitive. I've been
- turning Turbo mode off on my 386-40, and even then I have to use the
- mouse because the joystick is unusable. Any hints, guys?
-
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