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- From: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Close)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Re: Help-Joystick erratic with Red Baron
- Message-ID: <pamsp7o@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 22:37:37 GMT
- References: <1992Sep1.165310.23524@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Sender: news@fido.asd.sgi.com (Usenet News Admin)
- Reply-To: pdc@sgi.com (Paul Close)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA
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- Originator: pdc@lunch.wpd.sgi.com
-
- Norm MacNeil (norm@bnr.ca) writes:
- >
- > 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
-
- I had the same problem, including solving it by using the SoundBlaster
- joystick port. That solved all but A10 Tank Killer and Red Baron. There
- is a patch for each of these games to solve the problem. They are available
- from the Sierra BBS. I don't know of anywhere on the net where they can be
- had. I had each of the patches, but got rid of them several months ago.
- Sorry!
-
- > P.S. Someone also suggested obtaining another game port card such as a Gravis
- > board since it has an external switch to handle higher speeds.
-
- This would probably work, but you shouldn't have to buy a new joystick card
- to make up for Dynamix's sloppy programming. The connect time to the Sierra
- BBS will be much cheaper than a new card :-)
-
- The Sierra BBS is at (209) 683 4463.
-
- Here's the info from the BBS:
-
- FILE DIRECTORY OF LIB SIERRA Library of Sierra/Dynamix fixes.
-
- File Bytes Source Description
- ---- ----- ------ -----------
- ...
- A10PATCH.EXE 56447 Sierra Joystick Patch for A10 Tank Killer 1.5
- ...
- RBVGA3.EXE 151709 Sierra Joystick Patch for 3.5" ver of Red Baron
- RBVGA5.EXE 152744 Sierra Joystick Patch for 5.25" v of Red Baron
- ...
- --
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