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From: ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Here's some info on MCA SoundBlaster
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.065127.17869@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 91 06:51:27 GMT
References: <3008@sparko.gwu.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <3008@sparko.gwu.edu>, by timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler):
> It has a joystick adapter, but there is no switch for speed selection.
> I didn't bother to ask him how it works.  As you may know, joysticks
> usually require a speed selector switch for different speed machines.
> I can only assume that the reference disk takes care of this.

Wrong!  Wrong!  Wrong!  Do you know how a joystick works?
The CPU speed difference can be compensated either thru 
hardware (the speed selector switch) or thru software.  The software
compensation is done by the game that uses the joystick.  Most all games 
today compensate for different CPU speed all by itself.  You don't need
hardware compensation.  Hardware compensation is only required for
older games that do not compensate software-wise.  Popular games like 
Wing Commander, Knights of the Sky, Battle of Britain, Stunt Driver, etc, 
all have software compensation.  

The joystick port on SB is as good as any other joystick port, with or
without speed selector, when it comes to "modern" games.