Joystick Drift

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From: geo... George Hartnell
Date: Wed, 20 May 1992 16:04

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A while back there was some discussion about joystick 'drift' on some
systems. Well, I'm a sufferer of such ignomy. Lucasfilm and Microprose
do 'lose' their place and have to be re-set regularly. As one can imagine,
this takes the edge off a bit during ariel combat. Machine:Soyo 386dx/25,
Kraft Thunderstick and Kraft smartcard with approipriate drivers, DOS 5.0,
drifts on various clock speed settings on the smart card. Problem persists
even with a standard multi-io card with joystick port. Offening games are
Tank Platoon Cmdr, SWOtL, Their Finest Hour, F19 Stealth, Helicopter
Gunship; oddly enough, the 'stick seems to pass the manufacturer's
diagnopstics. Drifts on both turbo 25Mhz and 20Mhz. I forgot the BIOS
date/ver but think its AMI, probably circa '90.

Sure would be nice to get back into SWOtL.

Best regards, G.


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From: geo...@henson.cc.wwu.edu (George Hartnell)
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Subject: Joystick Drift
Summary: Cure/cause wanted for joystick drifting.
Keywords: joystick drift i/o
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