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From: nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Joystick reads in MS-C?
Message-ID: <1991Jun14.072039.20217@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 14 Jun 91 07:20:39 GMT
References: <1991Jun13.170233.1179@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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rlm@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu writes:

>We would like to read a joystick using Microsoft C for an application on an 
>HP Vectra 386 running MS-DOS. Does anyone either have a routine which
>does this or can advise us where to look for joystick reading software?

Reading the port directly is a drag (but is possible), but bios is the
easiest; int15 subfunction 84h (check yer favorite interrupt list).
If you need more info, mail me, and i'll send you the specifics.

nye