Same for me...Not only that but when I attach my T2 to the MIDI connector,
I get those horrible jittering symptoms when calibrating/using my wheel. I
have to swap out my T2 connector and MIDI connector when I'm doing racing/music to get stable performance from my T2.
Dennis
***spell halloween correct for my real address***
>says...
>> Why do you want a USB version of the MS Wheel? It uses the MIDI MPU401
>> interface rather than the joystick interface (same connector). It works great
>> and is ROCK solid with zero drift, jitter, spiking, etc. It doesn't even
>> require any calibration. I don't think CPU loading is a problem either.
>Simple enough - I'm already using my MIDI interface for MIDI. True, I'm
>not actually doing any midi work while I'm playing GPL, but A) it's more
>cables to swap around, and B) it's another driver mucking with the midi
>port - might need to be disabled when I want to do midi stuff. Even if
>it doesn't, I'm not sure I'd trust it to stay out of my way.
>There's also concerns about how fast you can communicate over that port
>(it's only designed for MIDI - 33Kbps or so), and it probably introduces
>a fair amount of processor overhead. Certainly compared to USB.
>Mostly though, USB is the future, and I refuse to buy a $200 wheel that
>uses some 'played, old-school' interface!
>--John Bradley
