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Re: DOOM and Trackman

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From: g... George A. Hebert
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 21:21
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George A. Hebert (g...@ccd.harris.com) wrote:

: I'm running DOOM on my new 486 with a Logitech Trackman
: and when playing DOOM the trackball works great for the
: first 10-15 minutes then locks up. By pressing any of the
: keys the trackball will start working again. BUT eventually
: after two or three trackball lock-ups the game stops responding
: at all to the keyboard (can't save ,escape, nothin'). I can
: play the game fine if I don't use the trackball, but the trackball
: is great for this kind of game.

: Anybody got any ideas???


: Thanks
: George

By the way its a serial trackball on COM2

Thanks in advance
George
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