T1 Hookup Problems w/ Indycar

I just picked up a Thrustmaster T1 to use with Indycar. However, when I attach it to my game port, I don't get any steering response. I believe that the problem is I don't have a dual port game card, which the manual says is a requirement. It also mentions about having to possible disable other game ports. I have the standard game port and a game port on my Soundblaster 16 card. Any suggestions on a dual port game card? What is everyone using? Is the Thrustmaster ACM card any good? Second, is it likely that I can just plug in the new game card without having to***around with the other game card or the Soundblaster card? Thanx. ============================================================================== Mark A. Woyna | Section Manager - Information Systems | Advanced Computer Applications Group | "Germans who wish to use firearms Decision & Information Sciences Division | should join the SS or the SA -- Argonne National Laboratory | ordinary citizens don't need guns, Argonne IL 60439 | as their having guns doesn't serve | the State." -- Heinrich Himmler ==============================================================================

>I just picked up a Thrustmaster T1 to use with Indycar. However, when I attach >it to my game port, I don't get any steering response. I believe that the Did you set the controls so that it listens to the wheel? A very silly mistake but I've made it more than once as I switched equipment around. The SB16 does have a dual-port circuit, which is what's required. I've used a Cardinal Jazz, a SoundBlaster AWE-32, and the ACM. The ACM is a *very* good card. It is 100% unlikely, since they share the same control register addresses. -- Brian Wong Product Marketing Engineering

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|> I just picked up a Thrustmaster T1 to use with Indycar. However, when I attach |> it to my game port, I don't get any steering response. I believe that the |> problem is I don't have a dual port game card, which the manual says is a |> requirement. It also mentions about having to possible disable other game ports. |> I have the standard game port and a game port on my Soundblaster 16 card. |> |> Any suggestions on a dual port game card? What is everyone using? Is the |> Thrustmaster ACM card any good? |> |> Second, is it likely that I can just plug in the new game card without having |> to***around with the other game card or the Soundblaster card? |> |> Thanx. |> |>

It sounds like you have two game adapters ("the standard game port" and "game port on my Soundblaster 16"). You need to have one of them disabled. This is usually accomplished with a jumper on the card. Did you have a joystick connected to one of your game ports before? If so, (and assuming it worked) then you must already have the other port disabled. I don't know about the game port which you call "the standard game port", but the soundblaster 16 game port is a "dual" game port. I believe that there have been very few game ports made that were not "dual". Even if you did have a "single" (as opposed to "dual") game port, that would make it so that the pedals wouldn't work, but the wheel would work. (The wheel appears as the X-axis of joystick 1, while the pedals appear as the X-axis of joystick 2) If you have a fast machine I would suggest a dedicated (speed compensating) game card. This will allow you to adjust the time constant for the joystick to the speed of the machine (the CPU actually runs a timing loop to read the joystick/wheel position). I use a CH Products speed compensating adapter and have never had any problems. I have also seen the T1 work correctly on a 100 MHz 486 using the game port on a Soundblaster 16 card too. -- Mike Corrigan

I bought my T-1 just after Christmas and it came with an adapter that allows it to be used with a single port adapter. I use it that way on my Soundblaster and it hasn't given me any trouble. The side benefit is that the wheel and pedals can be used for other games that don't have support for a dual port card. If you didn't get the adapter, contact Thrustmaster. I would think they would be more than happy to oblige. Once you have the adapter, disable the other card and you should be just fine. +----------------------+--------------------+---------------------- | Sr. Software Engineer | (407) 677-8333 x135 | switching to shotgun!"| | Micro Design Int. | (407) 677-0221 FAX | | +----------------------+--------------------+----------------------

Thanx to all who helped with the T1 setup! :) I finally got it working. I'm considering building a mock-up of a tub and installing the T1 in it. Should be interesting! :) ============================================================================== Mark A. Woyna | Section Manager - Information Systems | Advanced Computer Applications Group | "Germans who wish to use firearms Decision & Information Sciences Division | should join the SS or the SA -- Argonne National Laboratory | ordinary citizens don't need guns, Argonne IL 60439 | as their having guns doesn't serve | the State." -- Heinrich Himmler ==============================================================================