bob@verdix.com (Bob Boulanger) (10/08/88)
Hello: I'm hoping that someone on the net can help me with a problem that I'm having with my PC's game port. My PC is a turbo XT clone, running at 8 MHz. I have 512K conventional memory and another 512K on an Intel Above Board. The system uses an Everex EGA card and a Samsung 1452 EGA color monitor. Also installed is a multi I/O card with one of two serial ports activated a parallel print port, and a game port. The system has two floppies and no hard disk, at this time. The problem that I'm having is this: when using my joystick (a Gravis mkVI) with programs like MS Flight Simulator, Battle Zone, etc., the stick itself functions properly, but the firing buttons don't respond. On programs that require you to calibrate the joystick, I can't calibrate, and the program hangs up because it can't read the buttons. (Logical conclusion is that the joystick is flaky, but hang on for a minute.) I have a program called VSI that I have run, which shows a graphic representation of what's in the system. When it gets to the game port adaptor, VSI says that no adaptor is installed; everything else on that board registers as it should. I've even tried putting in a separate game port, with the same result. Another diagnostic program that I have properly reads the game port as being installed, but the buttons still don't function. I've checked all the switches, and can't find anything that I need set, other than what's already been done. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks ahead of time. Bob Boulanger Verdix Corp., Western Operations Aloha, OR bob@verdix.com
rzahavi@gateway.mitre.org (Ron Zahavi) (10/11/88)
Don't depend on VSI for your game port. I have seen it indicate that a game
port was present when one was not installed, and vice versa.
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