rec.autos.simulators

by **franck auge** » Wed, 09 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hello,

I want to buy a Microsoft wheel "Sidewinder Force Feedback wheel"
Should I take USB model or the non USB model ?

To play with GPL and many others simulations games.

Thank's

Franck.

by **daxe** » Wed, 09 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>I want to buy a Microsoft wheel "Sidewinder Force Feedback wheel"
>Should I take USB model or the non USB model ?

I believe the MSFF is not available in a USB version, so that should
simplify your choice.

~daxe

by **franck auge** » Wed, 09 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Thank's for the answer, but in France, there is a new version with USB port
:
http://www.microsoft.com/france/chezvous/accessoires/sidewinder/force...
kwheel/default.asp

And the title of this page is :
Nouvelle version en port USB
It means : New version with USB port.

That was the reason why I asked this question.

Franck.

by **physma** » Wed, 09 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hi,
Yep here in the UK the USB verson has been around since last November at
least.

physman

http://www.microsoft.com/france/chezvous/accessoires/sidewinder/force...

by **daxe** » Wed, 09 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>Hi,
>Yep here in the UK the USB verson has been around since last November at
>least.

Huh. I wonder if we are supposed to get one, too (in the US)? I would much
rather the USB version than the gameport version I use now. I would like to
be able to hitch my MIDI adapter back up to the gameport.

~daxe

by **Ian Parke** » Thu, 10 Feb 2000 04:00:00

The USB one in the UK wasn't a force feedback one, at least the ones I saw
weren't ;)

--
Ian Parker

UKGPL League http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl
==

> Hi,
> Yep here in the UK the USB verson has been around since last November at
> least.

> physman

> > > I believe the MSFF is not available in a USB version, so that should
> > > simplify your choice.

> > Thank's for the answer, but in France, there is a new version with USB
> port
> > :

http://www.microsoft.com/france/chezvous/accessoires/sidewinder/force...

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by **physma** » Thu, 10 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hi Ian,

Yep you are right, stand corrected.

physman

> The USB one in the UK wasn't a force feedback one, at least the ones I saw
> weren't ;)

> --
> Ian Parker

> UKGPL League http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl
> ==

> > Hi,
> > Yep here in the UK the USB verson has been around since last November at
> > least.

> > physman

> > > > I believe the MSFF is not available in a USB version, so that should
> > > > simplify your choice.

> > > Thank's for the answer, but in France, there is a new version with USB
> > port
> > > :

http://www.microsoft.com/france/chezvous/accessoires/sidewinder/force...

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by **Joel Willstei** » Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:00:00

As far as I know, Microsoft doesn't make a USB model of their FF wheel.

Joel Willstein