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GPL - Direct Input vs. Generic

1 post by 1 person · 23 Oct 1998 - 23 Oct 1998

Vitzthu 23 Oct 1998#429970
A quick question for you folks... I have a Thrustmaster T2 plugged into an SB16 sound card's game port. I have a cable modem that plugs into a nework card that is in a PCI slot. I believe that one of the problems associated with analog controllers and playing online is that polling with interupts enabled can interfere with a serial card's ability to communicate over a modem. This being the case, I shouldn't be having a problem with this because my cable modem works through the network card and communications won't be affected by polling of the controller, right? So, given my components, should I (a) have polling with interupts on or off; and (b) should I be using direct input or generic in GPL? What is the big difference? The T2 is analog and not digital, so I would guess to pick generic and not have to worry about that choice interfering with my communications. Have I got this right? Thanks in advance, Gian Vitzthum (remove "*no-spam*" from address to reply)

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