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Delta-cat joystick driver module.
© Colin McEwan 1993.
Okay then how many of you went out and bought a Delta-Cat joystick,
thinking "Oh, that'll be good for games, and It's cheaper than a joystick+
interface."? Ah... A sea of hands I see...
I must admit, I thought this too, and went out and bought one. When
I got it home, I had a look at my games to find how many of them would let
me use my nice new joystick. None. "Oh. That was a bit ofwaste," thinks
I,reaching for the bin. But I decided to hang on to it for a bit, seeing as
how I'd just forked out forty quid...
So now I've forked out £99 for the RO3 PRMs, I've discovered I CAN
use my Deltypussy. Well, with some of my games. So here's my module which
lets me (and you) do just that.
How to use it...
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Double-click on the !Delta-Cat icon. The module will be loaded. Now
go and load your game as normal, selcting joystick control. If your game was
written (or bought - some games have been updated) after september 1992, the
chances are that it'll work. If not, then the game is either:
1) Issuing a *RMClear command before loading, in which case,
double-click the 'NoRMClear" obey file supplied with the Hacker (or Desktop
Hacker)before loading the game.
2) Trying to reset your computer from software.this is not nice
for a programmer to do, but it is pretty good at seeing off the hacker. If
it's a hard-reset, then the joystick module will die, if not, it'll survive.
When Desktop hacker comes out (or Andrew figures a way round the reset),you
can interrupt the game and THEN load the module.
3) Issuing a "clear" module call. in which case, do as in 2.
The Hacker may already trap the "Clear" call, as it comes from a SWI, but I
don't know.
4) Pissing about with the mouse, which in my consideration is a
waste of run-time,especially as with a game youre trying to get the fastest
frame rate possible. It may try to claim the mouse event so that the screen
doesn't jerk when you move the mouse, but also giving the effect that your
mouse will probably act as if it's jammed to the bottom left. This could be
hacked round.
Copyright...
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This module is Copyright Colin McEwan 1993, but may be freely
distributed. No guarantee, express or implied, is given as to the
suitability of this product for any given purpose, and no responsibility
will be accepted for loss, or damage to, data, media or enjoyment caused by
the use or inability to use this product (not that it's difficult). No part
of this code may be "borrowed" or alterd in any way whatsoever.
The Icon...
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Based on a cat I know, called Arlene (who is black,not purple), who
isn't triangular either. I know it's stupid and highly bad to base an icon
on a pun, but my attempt at drawing a delta-cat was horrible (see the icon
"Auld Yin" in the sprite-file), and besides which, the user need only make
an assoscation between the icon and the program, so once they've run it
once, the assosciation should be made.
In case you don't understand the pun, Delta is greek letter in the
shape of a triangle (commonly understood in Physics to mean 'difference'),
which is also the name of the Voltmace series of joysticks. Cat is,well, a
cat. Thus I drew a triangular cat. The joystick is termed as a "mouse
eliminator joystick", so Voltmace called it a "Cat", which is something
which eliminates mice.
My address...
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My address is where I live. (dur...). It is:
11 Helen Way,
Bonhill,
Dunbartonshire,
Strathclyde,
Scotland,
G83 9PJ
My phone number is:
0389 55123
But please, Don't phone - It's just for fun.
(Definetely don't phone in school hours, as I'll be at school, and only
phone if it's a real emergency, as I don't like being phoned - I'm usually
busy doing something else.)
Junk...
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Wow... I've just been to RAF Leuchars Air-show (I go every year),
and by some odd quirk of fate, it didn't rain (which most certainly doesn't
happen every year!). And there was some brillo flying! Brian Lecomber wasn't
there unfortunately, and neither were the Vulcan or the Mosquito (bummer),
but there was some impressive stuff, like the Belgian in the Alpha-jet. Had
a weird maneuovre called "the Dolphin", which basically consisted of pusing
the control column fully forward and left, then rapidly back& right, and as
soon as horizontality is achieved, doing the exact opposite, and then
repeating, all on a low pass along the crowd-line. Also the RN Lynx, and
"the Back-flip" - hover at about 200' and just pull the control column RIGHT
back, levelling out at about 100' from what must be the most spectacular
helicopter stunt I have EVER seen...