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: But, my airplane games were also calling me. I have FS5 and Aces
: of the Pacific. I tried switching cables a coupla times, but the
: way the CPU is pushed under the desk makes that a chore. So, I
: finally went out and got a Y-cable, and plugged them both in.
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: Then, I booted up Nascar. The scrolling cursor was all over the place.
: I figured out that it was responding to the Y-axis on the joystick.
: Previously, I had used the arrow keys to move it around. I played with
: the centering adjustment on the joystick but couldn't get the cursor
: to settle down. Finally, I unplugged the joystick and everything worked
: great.
Sounds like dueling joysticks. The cheap solution for me is to buy a
Joystick extension cable (found mine at Software Etc.). This gets my
joystick port out from behind the computer, next to the wall, and
covered with cables -- out front where I can easily unplug one unit and
plug in another. Others have gone out and bought a joystick
switch-box.
: --
: When you die, no matter how rich you are, the size of your
: funeral will pretty much be dictated by the weather.
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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