Re: software to use mouse in place of joystick

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From: Ken Shaffer
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 15:21

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In <178@phi.UUCP> marka@phi.UUCP (Mark Allen) writes:

>I am looking for a piece of software that would let me use my mouse for
>joystick software.  Can anyone help?

It's easier to make a joystick look like a mouse than make a mouse look
like a joystick.

The reason: the mouse interface is via an INT call, whereas the joystick
interface is often done directly via I/O instructions.  On AT's there is
a joystick INT call, but I doubt that games use this.

The bottom line:  a hack of your joystick software is necessary.

Ken Shaffer
modcomp!kshaffer

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Subject: Re: software to use mouse in place of joystick
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