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- From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
- Subject: Re: Notebook joystick
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.051133.14804@uwm.edu>
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- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Sep6.043633.21465@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 05:11:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep6.043633.21465@cis.ohio-state.edu> grichard@swimming.cis.ohio-state.edu (Golden Richard III) writes:
- >
- >Has anyone heard of any devices which allow a portable w/ a parallel
- >or serial port to support a joystick? Obviously some sort of driver
- >would be required. Some games don't like mice. :)
-
- Although this is certainly possible, it would be a useless device for
- games. A joystick interface is hardware, and most software directly
- accesses the interface, there is no driver involved. The game would
- have to be rewritten to use any other sort of controller.
-
- The Suncom ICONtroller is basicly a little joystick that plugs
- into a serial port and emulates a mouse.
-
- I would complain to the company (if still around) and ask them why they
- write software that needs a joystick to function. There are a lot of
- machines out there that can't have a joystick: Microchannel (real
- expensive actually), most laptops, no free slots.
-
- I've heard that a joystick adapter is available for the proprietary
- slot in certain machines.
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