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Re: New technology CAPSTONE needs to discover

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From: rca... Roy D. Cassas
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <438d1i$p...@doc.jmu.edu>, JDCA...@vax1.acs.jmu.edu says...
>
>It's called a "three-button mouse."  I'd love to be able to use my middle
>button in Witch Haven to strafe, but there is simply no option for it in the
>setup menu.
>
>Like a previous poster once said, the Doom method of control is pretty much 
the
>standard - and if it isn't broken, don't fix it.  Tek War is too difficult to
>control,  Witch Haven is better, but I'd like to be able to use my tried and
>true Doom technique of one hand on the mouse, the other on the arrow keys.  
And
>while I'm at it, the up-arrow plus the mouse should = run.
>
>murpes
>
>
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>John Capriotti irc: murpes | B.D.: Zonker!  Are you smoking the dreaded 
killer
>JDCA...@vax1.acs.jmu.edu  |       marijuana in my huddle!?
>My opinions are right.     |Zonker:  Sure, Cap'n.  Want some? - DOONESBURY
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>     All spelling and grammatical errors are because I go to JMU, where
>                  education is subservient to process.

Couldn't agree with you more about the mouse/arrow key combination and this 
goes back to Wolfenstein! This is the main reason I haven't bothered with any 
of the Capstone products since trying the demos for the Corridor 7 and the one 
with the terrorists (I forget the name). Anyway just my .02 (what is that damn 
ascii code for cents?)
Roy
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Subject: Re: New technology CAPSTONE needs to discover
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