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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Path: sparky!uunet!caen!malgudi.oar.net!chemabs!tgc54
- From: tgc54@cas.org ()
- Subject: Re: Help-Joystick erratic with Red Baron
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.175611.10736@cas.org>
- Sender: usenet@cas.org
- Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio
- References: <1992Sep1.165310.23524@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:56:11 GMT
- Lines: 20
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- In article <1992Sep1.165310.23524@bcrka451.bnr.ca> norm@bnr.ca writes:
- >
- <<stuff omitted>>
- >
- >Sounds like the problem I was recently having where on my 486DX-33 the joystick
- >was quite untrimmable on some games. After plugging it into my SoundBlaster
- >game port (on the advice of a fellow netter), it now works fine except on the
- >following games:
- > - A10 Tank Killer V1.5
- > - Red Baron
- >It will work; however, on the slower speed (i.e., without the "turbo" button on)
- >but this, of course, makes the game jumpy as hell. They did, however, work fine
- >on my 386-33 (before I sold it and bought the 486). Perhaps these games can't
- >handle the higher speeds yet. Hmmmm.... Anyone else got a thunk on this one?
-
- I'm using the game port on an original SoundBlaster (not Pro) with a CH
- FlightStick on a 486/50 DX2; the joystick works fine for me with all games I'v
- tried, including Red Baron, running at top speed.
-
- - tom -
-