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Aye, I also was unable to use my joystick to turn left after about the third
time I played the reg. version.  I have a cheapo Warrior 5 stick and a 
Gravis gamecard, both of which have never failed me before, including with
the shareware DOOM.  For now, I just use the shareware doom.exe file along
with the registered .wad file, renamed to doom1.wad.  This fixes the joystick
problem, omits that annoying calibration prompt, and I think even makes
the game run faster.

Good luck.

Rob

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I had a similar problem with my gravis gamepad. Try re-initializing the joy-
stick (re-start the game) and be SURE you hit the right spots on your gamepad.
That seemed to clear up the problem. I never had the problem with my Mach III,
so I'm pretty sure it's only a problem with sticks (and such) that don't have
well-defined corners...
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Daniel M. Coleman (dcol...@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu) wrote:
: I just got DOOM v1.1 and I noticed a difficulty in turning left using a Gravis
: Gamepad and a Flightstick Pro.  

: Machine:
: Gateway 4DX2-66V
: 64K Cache
: VLB ATI Ultra Pro
: 12M RAM
: 340M IDE HD
: Soundblaster Pro (IRQ5, DMA1)
: Microsoft Mouse (COM2, IRQ3)
: Telepath II Modem (COM1, IRQ4)
: Spare Serial (COM3, IRQ9)

: MS-DOS 6.2

: I noticed similar difficulty on a friend's 486.

: Anybody else notice similar behavior, or know how to fix it?

: Thanks for any help,
: Dan
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  I have the exact same problem. Didn't have it on version .99.... I was
able to play it through to the end with my Gravis Gamepad just great
(I also have a 486DX2-66), but once I upgraded to v1.0 it started doing
that. There may be a bug in the 1.0 upgrade... I tried playing it with
the various Dos extenders, but no luck..... 
                                     
                                               -Apotheosis
                             
        

Yeah, I have the same problem with my Flight Stick as well.  It seems you can turn
to the right and do everything else just fine, except turn to the left...If you ever
find out how to get this working please post it here.

Thanx,
Al

In article <2ghkqv$d...@solaris.cc.vt.edu>,
Al Walters <awal...@birch.ee.vt.edu> wrote:
>Yeah, I have the same problem with my Flight Stick as well.  It seems you can turn
>to the right and do everything else just fine, except turn to the left...If you ever
>find out how to get this working please post it here.
>
>Thanx,
>Al
>
Last I heard, this problem was going to be fixed in the future.  However,
I have a workaround:
	When calibrating the joystick, only place it about halfway to
	each corner in either direction.  This works consistently for
	my flightstick.

Cory

Have you ever wanted to speed up DOOM???  Then try this:

If you have enough memory, like 16meg or more, load RAMDRIVE.SYS
in your CONFIG.SYS file with the options:

device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 12288 512 1024

Reboot your computer, and tada, you have a 12 meg disk in memory.
Switch to that drive, it should be labeled something like:
MS-RAMDRIVE.  Copy DOOM onto that drive, but beware, because everything
you copy will be erased once you shut the power off, now run DOOM.
It is really fast!!! (loading and stuff) 

Have fun, be careful, and always play Ultra-Violence!!
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In article <CJ8FGo.FLA@news.cis.umn.edu>,
Doug Marien <slug@landshark.micro.umn.edu> wrote:
>Have you ever wanted to speed up DOOM???  Then try this:
>
>If you have enough memory, like 16meg or more, load RAMDRIVE.SYS
>in your CONFIG.SYS file with the options:
>
>device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 12288 512 1024
>
A far more intelligent option is to install a disk cache.  
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In article <CJ8FG...@news.cis.umn.edu>, sl...@landshark.micro.umn.edu (Doug
Marien) writes:

> Have fun, be careful, and always play Ultra-Violence!!
> --
> "Kill one man you're a murderer.        | Doug Marien
>  Kill a million you're a conquerer.     | mari...@gold.tc.umn.edu
>  Kill everyone you're a god." -Unknown- | sl...@mermaid.micro.umn.edu
>  ---------------------------------------+ Life's short.  Slug hard.
                                 ^^^^^^^

Try Conrad Bland.

-Jericho

Chris "Strunoph" Norman (cbno...@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: In article <CJ8FG...@news.cis.umn.edu>,
: Doug Marien <sl...@landshark.micro.umn.edu> wrote:
: >Have you ever wanted to speed up DOOM???  Then try this:
: >
: >If you have enough memory, like 16meg or more, load RAMDRIVE.SYS
: >in your CONFIG.SYS file with the options:
: >
: >device=c:\dos\ramdrive.sys 12288 512 1024
: >
: A far more intelligent option is to install a disk cache.  

Hopefully Chris means a software cache. A hardware cache
is a far less intelligent solution. With the money
you spend on a disk cache you could buy more ram and
configure as you like.

bert

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: Hopefully Chris means a software cache. A hardware cache
: is a far less intelligent solution. With the money
: you spend on a disk cache you could buy more ram and
: configure as you like.

: bert


	Please save us your moronic input.


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Pigdog of SF Bay Area (pig...@netcom.com) wrote:
: 	Please save us your moronic input.

A well considered response. Absolutely wonderful to
have you here.

bert
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> With the money
> you spend on a disk cache you could buy more ram and
> configure as you like.
 
>        Please save us your moronic input.
 
I disagree with you. If you have a _hardware_ disk cache (i.e. a caching
disk controller) then ALL your disk data is funneled through the rather
slow AT bus (8 mhz, 12 if you are lucky). A _software_ cache is in ram,
running at full system speed (i.e. 33 mhz).
 
So, a SOFTWARE cache usually works better (faster) and also you can easily
re-configure your setup (steal memory from the cache for other uses) simply
by editing the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT line that loads the cache.
 
A hardware cache controller's ram is usually not available to your system
unless you physically swap SIMM modules.
 
Hardly a moronic concept (in my opinion)  ;-)
 
Roger

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Pigdog of SF Bay Area (pig...@netcom.com) wrote:



: 	Please save us your moronic input.


Bri...@cie-2.uoregon.edu

I know this is going to sound incredible hypocritical, but what the hell.
You spend 6 lines quote someone else only to make a pathetic one line
comment and then tack  your 12 line signature at the end of it  all.
Whose giving the moronic input?

: Bri...@cie-2.uoregon.edu

: I know this is going to sound incredible hypocritical, but what the hell.
: You spend 6 lines quote someone else only to make a pathetic one line
: comment and then tack  your 12 line signature at the end of it  all.
: Whose giving the moronic input?


	I just feel that this thread is a prime example of ANAL netters.
Of *course* the man meant a software cache.  This is almost too obvious
to dispute.  Yet we have to waste another good 10 posts to discern this.
Yeah, yeah, I realize I started it, and admit it, but I can only take so
much before I just have to be mean.  

Whatever...continue with the thread...flame me at LEAST another five times, 
so we make par.

:)  :)  :)   <--- Happy faces.  Don't get your feelings hurt by this post.

Ciao, baby..


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Pigdog of SF Bay Area (pig...@netcom.com) wrote:
: 	I just feel that this thread is a prime example of ANAL netters.
: Of *course* the man meant a software cache.  This is almost too obvious
: to dispute.  Yet we have to waste another good 10 posts to discern this.
: Yeah, yeah, I realize I started it, and admit it, but I can only take so
: much before I just have to be mean.  

Of *course* he meant a software cache. Working at that level
will help no-one. Someone posted about using a RAM disk. The
software cache solution was easier - someone posted it - but
if you thought RAM disks were the answer then maybe your
knowledge is limited and requires some considerable clarification.
Im glad of my ANAL abilities - are you?

bert

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