DOOM and Trackman

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3 total messages Started by g... George A. Hebert Tue, 04 Jan 1994 21:18

#96

Author: g... George A. Hebert
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 21:18

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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

Re: DOOM and Trackman

#97

Author: 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

Re: DOOM and Trackman

#98

Author: ala... The Renaissance Man
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 00:15

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g...@ccd.harris.com (George A. Hebert) wrote:
] 
] I'm running DOOM on my new 486 with a Logitech Trackman
] and when playing DOOM ....
[the TrackMan goes berserk and eventually freezes him]

] Anybody got any ideas???

Yup...  Junk your TrackMan and buy a *real* pointing device.  I had a
LogiTech PD once, and eventually junked it for two reasons:
(1) LogiTech's clunky hardware, and (2) LogiTech's unspeakably awful
software and drivers.

Incidentally, I'm using a Mouse Systems optical PC Mouse III right now,
and it works just great, except for the felt strips on the bottom which
gum up and get sticky.  Peel'em off and it's fine.  The pad could do with
being a little bigger, too, but I just bought a second pad and joined
them together.  (Very carefully.)


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