davej@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Dave Jenner) (12/23/87)
Every 6 months or so someone asks (even I did) if there is some way of using a joystick (i.e. through the game port) in lieu of a mouse. I don't know that anyone has ever come up with the "ideal" answer: a mouse.sys driver that looks at the game port (joystick) and returns calls compatible with a (e.g. Microsoft) mouse. Kraft, the maker of joysticks, tells me that they are about to release (sell for $10-$20) such a mouse.sys driver in about 6-8 weeks. This posting is just to let anyone interested know that a product will be available soon. I will post details when they send me further info after the first of the year. -- Dave Jenner (206) 543-6182, 543-2888 (Message) Department of Astronomy, FM-20 BITNET: davej@uwaphast University of Washington UUCP: ...!uw-beaver!uw-entropy!phastvax!davej Seattle, WA 98195 INTERNET: davej@entropy.ms.washington.edu
herb@hpindda.HP.COM (Herb Gellis) (12/24/87)
There is a public domain program called "Poor Man's Mouse" (PMM) that can be found on BBS's, that is supposed to transform a joystick into a mouse (a pig's ear into a silk purse!). Don't know anymore about it. . . |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | Herb Gellis | "... What will I be when I grow up? | {ucbvax,...}!hplabs!hpindda!herb | You are already grown up. |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| You mean this is as UP as I will get?..." | | --- ---
david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) (12/24/87)
In article <693@entropy.ms.washington.edu>, davej@entropy.ms.washington.edu (Dave Jenner) writes: > Every 6 months or so someone asks (even I did) if there is some way > of using a joystick (i.e. through the game port) in lieu of a mouse. > I don't know that anyone has ever come up with the "ideal" answer: > a mouse.sys driver that looks at the game port (joystick) and returns > calls compatible with a (e.g. Microsoft) mouse. What about people who have to do real work (and so bought a mouse) but don't have a lot of spare slots (and can't justify a game card)? How about a joystick that plugs into the mouse bus card? Any ideas? -- David Fiedler {ames,attmail,hplabs,ihnp4,pyramid,ucdavis}!infopro!david USMail: InfoPro Systems, PO Box 220, Rescue CA 95672 Phone: (916) 677-5870 "Trust me. I know what I'm doing."
psc@lznv.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (01/01/88)
In article <693@entropy.ms.washington.edu>, davej@uw-entropy.UUCP writes: > Every 6 months or so someone asks (even I did) if there is some way > of using a joystick (i.e. through the game port) in lieu of a mouse. >(Tells that Craft will have a driver soon) --Dave Jenner > uw-beaver!uw-entropy!phastvax!davej davej@entropy.ms.washington.edu Dave, thanks a lot for your info. But I'm in the opposite position! I've got a Logitech bus mouse but no game port. Obviously I'm stuck (unless Logitech does magic on the card) for self booting games, but does anyone know of a driver that'll make my mouse look like a joystick to games? Is PMI, that company with the $80 EMS/serial/parallel/game port card, still in business? I haven't seen their ads in a while. -Paul S. R. Chisholm, {ihnp4,cbosgd,allegra,rutgers}!mtune!lznv!psc AT&T Mail !psrchisholm, Internet psc@lznv.att.com I'm not speaking for my employer, I'm just speaking my mind.
baumann@hope.UUCP (Michael Baumann) (01/03/88)
on the poor mans mouse (PMM), near as I can tell, all it really does is remap the arrow keys to joystick control. If you program can use the arrow keys you can use it, else no. m. baumann