🚀 go-pugleaf

pu...@netspace.net.au (Justin Adler) wrote:

>    I'm using a ** GAMEPORT ** (joystick box thingy that connects into
>    my printer port on my notebook) to use joysticks on my notebook
>    computer. It came out after Wing Commander II was released, so it
>    didn't supply me with software to make my WCII compatible with it.
>
>    SO, does anyone know where i can find the GAMEPORT file (if ever there
>    is one) to allow me to use my joystick,
>
Nope. They come out on a game by game basis and I've never seen one
for WC2 (though you could check the EA site to make sure).

>				OR
>
>    If there is a program made that allows the computer to believe that 
>    whereever it gets asked to look for the joystick at the normal joystick
>    place, it looks for it at lpt1 ????
>
>    I hope all this isn't to confusing. =)

So far as I know, you have to write a driver for a game port for every
game. Dunno why. Maybe you should yell at Colorado for an answer to
this.

Clay-

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