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Homemade Wheels in Win95

3 posts by 2 people · 09 May 1997 - 10 May 1997

B.T. Nag 09 May 1997#366192
Quoted text (13 lines)>>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
B.T. Nag 09 May 1997#366193
Quoted text (13 lines)>>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
>>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 +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | All the worlds a stage, | NASCAR Drivers that I root for. | | and there's a comedy playing. | Dale Earnhardt #3 | | May as well enjoy the show. | Mike Skinner #31 | | | Rusty Wallace #2 | | Steve Sarlls | Micheal Waltrip #21 | +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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