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From: "Murch" <murchman@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Monster Sound M80 and Gameport Joystick Question
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:18:02 -0400
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Did you install the latest sidwinder drivers? Also sometimes you need to
uninstall the monster drivers and reinstall them.


Scott R. Lund wrote in message <3622C1BD.95F6140F@net66.com>...
>I reloaded my system yesterday and put in a Monster Sound M80 I bought.
>It showed only one device, the Monster
> Sound itself, in Device Manager. I installed my Sidewinder software,
>and the joystick worked right off the bat.
> I installed a bunch of games after that and something got messed up,
>because the joystick wouldn't work later in the day. I
> couldn't even get anything to show up as Not Connected in the Game
>Controllers applet (DX6).  I could NOT select either the Gameport
>Joystick or Monster Sound Gameport in the Game Controllers panel.  When
>I clicked on them, it simply would not save the settings.......so no
>gameport.  I tried both the drivers on my CD and the newest ones from
>Diamond.  No success.
> Anyway, I installed a Microsoft Joystick Gameport device using my OSR2
>CD. The stick is plugged into the
> Monster Sound still and working fine now.
> This just seems weird though......is this okay?? I have no idea why it
>was working fine before without having a
> Gameport Joystick device though.  I'm just wondering what's going on
>and is it kosher just to go ahead and leave it set this way, with a MS
>Gameport device installed?
>
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