Re: Mouse Stick??

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From: Timothy Takahashi
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 00:40

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In article <1640044@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:

>and 25 pin plugs. Also Windows does NOT support any joystick. Any
>joystick you buy will be for games only. Any mouse you buy may not be
>supported by a game as alternative to a joystick.
>

Windows 1.0x specifically featured a driver for the "Kraft Joystick Mouse"
I sucessfully ran Windows 1.04 on a Tandy 1000 using the joystick as a
mouse. Having subsequently sold the machine, I recall getting Windows 2.11
to acknowlege the 1.04 joystick driver. 

tim takahashi

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From: ttak@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Timothy Takahashi)
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Subject: Re: Mouse Stick??
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Date: 24 Jan 90 00:40:33 GMT
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