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From: david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: joystick (game port) simulating mouse
Message-ID: <18@infopro.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 87 08:51:16 GMT
References: <693@entropy.ms.washington.edu>
Organization: Where the hell is Rescue, California?
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Keywords: joystick mouse game port bus slots

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?
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