Joystick Problems (1.0 vs. 1.1)

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From: mke...
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 03:23

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I played DOOM v1.0 on a HiNT G486HVL-3 m/b with a 50Mhz CPU and VLB.  By
tradition this board is recognized as a Mini-EISA motherboard.  Later, I was sent
a true EISA-VLB m/b using a VIA chipset.  I no longer have access to the HiNT
motherboard, and, I cannot confirm my use of V1.1 on this motherboard either. 
Despite this minor setback I installed V1.1 with the true EISA-VLB m/b and
the same VLB IDE controller.  After five minutes of game play my CH joystick no
longer responds 'left' properly.  The motion is erratic and sometimes is 
non-existent.  I then re-installed v1.0 and played for 20 minutes with absolutely
no joystick problems!  No other programs, besides DOOM, appear to generate this
symptom.  Does anyone know what the problem might be (i.e. software bug, or
hardware conflict)?  In my opinion, joystick is by far the best (between mouse,
keyboard, and joystick) and it sorta stinks that is _just_ _won't_ work!

Thanks in advance!

-Michael Kelsey
mke...@eecs.wsu.edu

P.S.  Thanks to all the people who sent me E-mail regarding the podiums on Ep. 1
Level 9!  After using joystick for everything, I sorta forgot about 'running'!

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Subject: Joystick Problems (1.0 vs. 1.1)
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