rec.autos.simulators

by **MeatWate** » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Errr, I know this has been asked a million times, but...what's that for?

Thanks.

by **Cras** » Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:00:00

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:40:00 +0100, "Mea***er"

>Errr, I know this has been asked a million times, but...what's that for?

I don't know, but I know it screws up Wing Commander Prophecy if you
have that turned on. :)

Crash7 on Usenet and Kali
Scott Crank elsewhere
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by **MeatWate** » Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:00:00

uuum, yes, errr, anybody else?

Mea***er

by **Juergen Pils** » Sun, 15 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I read it's usually good, when u have a digital input device (no pots,
like Sidewinder). Normal devices (T1, T2, analog sticks)prefer the
'unchecked box'.

;-)

JP

> Errr, I know this has been asked a million times, but...what's that for?

> Thanks.

by **MeatWate** » Sun, 15 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Thanks.

;-)

Mea***er

by **Dave Ma** » Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:00:00

>Errr, I know this has been asked a million times, but...what's that for?

There's a pretty good explanation about 1/3 of the way through this
article, which is really about the PDPI L4 digital gamecard:

http://combatsim.com/14-new.htm

HTH
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Dave Mack

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by **Doc** » Mon, 16 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> Errr, I know this has been asked a million times, but...what's that for?

> Thanks.

Polling means the CPU is checking a device (gameport in this case)
without any previous request by that device.
It can do so with Interrupts enabled or disabled.

Usually you don't want to disable interrups on your system for
a longer time as some high priority (interrupt driven) devices
might not be serviced in time. (e.g. network cards may drop packets).

Unfortunatly some hardware might get confused when interrupted
while being polled and produce wrong output (joystick spikes).
This is why MS added this "Poll with Interrupts enabled" option.
So i think it depends on your hard- and software if you want to turn
this option on - probably you'll need to enable Interrupts while
playing online and disable them for some games that require it to
be off.

HTH

Doc

PS:
Mea***er: i heard you changed from GPL german to GPL US..
would be nice if you could provide some input what the differences
are and why (and how) you did this - maybe by email... Thanks

rec.autos.simulators

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?

Poll with interrupts?