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>From article <10jcmv...@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM>, by w...@georwell.EBay.Sun.COM (Rick Wagoner):
> I thought long abd hard about whether to post this reply publicly 
> or in a direct e-mail. Since I was taken to task in public, I have
> chosen to reply in the same medium.
> 
> Hoi:  I think you got a little hot under the collar with me regarding my 
> WCS post to the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games group.
> 
> If I didn't ask all the questions _you_ wanted, then call them yourself.

I guess you misunderstood my tone, and that is probably my fault.  I was
merely being tongue-in-cheek.  I guess we have to a little more "gentle"
on the air.  Sorry for any aggravation (sp?).  We all have to understand that
not all people of asian origin are straight-face no-funny-business type. 

Though I was a bit ticked at the moment (the first hour I have Aces) for the 
fact that I spent thousands of dollars on a 486 plus 27" and all the stick, 
joke, padel, WCS, what have you, and I cannot enjoy this new game fully.

> REF> "Why didn't you ask them about the WCS option thing???"
> 
> I don't set policy for Thrustmaster or Dynamix. Nor do I have a problem
> with the fact that all flight sim manufacturers utilize different keystrokes
> for similar functions (like guns, landing gear etc). I DO appreciate a solution
> which Thrustmaster and Dynamix have provided.

We all have the same understanding.

> How do you expect a manufacturer to set a "standard" for upcoming products 
> and apply them to the first of their line?  The fact that Dynamix (or Thrustmaster)
> did not foresee the need to encode the key-codes for Aces of the Pacific in the
> Red Baron WCS support is lamentable, but not an outrage. As aircraft evolved the 
> thingd they could do evolved too. There is no need for a CHAFF switch on a Folker!

Well, not exactly.  What I mean is that the keystroke mapping should be the
same, but the feature might be different.  Hence Instead of CHAFF, that button
might be used for looking up, etc. 

> You did bring up a good point about writing the various companies. I hope you 
> follow suit with it.

I am afraid that there might not be too many gamers with WCS right now 
(who might complain) due to the cost reason I explained in earlier article.

> Finally, I don't understand your comments to my " Send in those reg cards boys and girls!"
> closing (follows). If you don't REGISTER your purchase with Sierra, how do you expect them to
> send you your bug fix for the sound problem?? Get real? I am. I registered, called their
> tech support and am part of the solution. 
> 
> HOI> Be real.  If we make enough real money to buy PC games on a regular basis,
> HOI> you think we want our friends and co-workers to know we still play with
> HOI> GAMES?

Lighten up a little, this is the same tongue-in-cheek deal.  Furthermore, 
the way many of us get bug fix today is by calling the Sierra BBS and download.
Who needs warrantee card?

> In closing, if you expect people to contribute their time on the net and advise 
> their net-bretheren of the possible bugs and attendant fixes, a little
> POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT is helpful.
> 
> Get the picture?

Aw... we are "bad and nasty" people who shoots up other imaginary humans
in imaginary planes in Red Baron and Aces of the Pacific, do we really
need these "encouragement" stuff?

But alas, we something do.  Like last night I spent the whole evening trying
to write a keystroke converter to take care of this WCS/Aces problem.

Aces take over interrupt 9 (keyboard activate it each time a key is pressed
or released) upon execution.  I was thing of using the system timer to
activate my TSR from time to time and take back interrupt 9 (the handler
I mean) and input the keys myself and send it to Aces.

I was successful in getting my TSR to wake up inside Aces, but the problem 
is that I have to know where Aces store its keystroke and cannot run debug
while Aces is up. 

> PS: I called Thrustmaster and as Hoi pointed out the upgrade price to a rev "D" WCS 
> is indeed $25.00. This get's you a PROM, instructions and a new manual. They also
> have drivers (for the Flight Stick) for SWOTL and FALCON-3. The drivers support the "hat" 
> and the other switches. The drivers are $15.95 each.

Once again, can anyone confirm whether the "hat" will interfere with the
rudder/padel or not.  Please let us know.