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by **B.T. Nag** » Sat, 10 May 1997 04:00:00

>>Just a quick question. I just patched my IndycarII game to Win95
>>version. I noticed in the notes on the readme that a "single axis
>>controller will not work in Win95". To me, that tells me that the nice
>>homemade wheel I made using a single pot will not work correctly in
>>Win95. Does anyone else have any experience with this condition? Do I
>>have to wire a dummy pot to the wheel in order to calibrate with
>>Win95? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanx!!

>I have a home made wheel with wiring that basically follows the T2 and
>it works. You have to use a converter to put the brake/gas on the
>other axis of the 1st joystick for Win95 to recognise it as AFAIK.
>This converter comes with the T2 but I dont know where to buy one
>retail, shouldnt be real hard to make one though.

When you say converter, is that a resistor or is it a dongle of some
sort that switches a couple leads around in the joystick port/cable? I
have a set of pedals (CH Pedals) that I want to use with this wheel.
Can I reroute a couple pins on the joystick cable to run along this
axis for Win 95? Needless to say I am quite a rookie at this, and need
a little coaching. Much thanx.

BT Nagle
Most sincerely from the desk of BT Nagle

"I reckon so..." - Clint
No spamming, please

by **B.T. Nag** » Sat, 10 May 1997 04:00:00

>>Just a quick question. I just patched my IndycarII game to Win95
>>version. I noticed in the notes on the readme that a "single axis
>>controller will not work in Win95". To me, that tells me that the nice
>>homemade wheel I made using a single pot will not work correctly in
>>Win95. Does anyone else have any experience with this condition? Do I
>>have to wire a dummy pot to the wheel in order to calibrate with
>>Win95? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanx!!

>I have a home made wheel with wiring that basically follows the T2 and
>it works. You have to use a converter to put the brake/gas on the
>other axis of the 1st joystick for Win95 to recognise it as AFAIK.
>This converter comes with the T2 but I dont know where to buy one
>retail, shouldnt be real hard to make one though.

Can you give me an idea as to what this converter looks like/does? Is
it a dongle at you plug into your joystick cable coming off the T2 to
reroute a couple signals on along different axes of the gamecard port?
Is it a resistor to block a signal to the port? Does anyone have a
schematic that I could take a look at/download to try to simulate
this? Any info would help, as I am quite a rookie to say the least.
Much thanx.

BT Nagle
Most sincerely from the desk of BT Nagle

"I reckon so..." - Clint
No spamming, please

by **Steve Sarl** » Sun, 11 May 1997 04:00:00

>>I have a home made wheel with wiring that basically follows the T2 and
>>it works. You have to use a converter to put the brake/gas on the
>>other axis of the 1st joystick for Win95 to recognise it as AFAIK.
>>This converter comes with the T2 but I dont know where to buy one
>>retail, shouldnt be real hard to make one though.

I too have a homemade wheel. I used a cable from a Suncom joystick and
went to thier website (url unknown do search) for the pinout. I then
determined which wire's I needed to use and simply added another pot on
those wires. Win-95 no longer tells me that my joystick is improperly
connected when I have my wheel attached.
Did you work your stearing shaft straight onto the pot??? I had mine
that way and really hated it. Eventually added some gears, from a
differential set for an RC car, and I LOVE this. I have over 540 degrees
of total rotation available to me. I calibrate about 270 degrees and it
works great. It's also easier on the pots and I don't have to replace them
as often. More of a hassle to do so though. ;-)

Good Luck

Steve

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