Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
Subject: Re: MS Force Feedback Wheel Question
From: netlarry@xhisx.com (Larry)
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 14:53:38 -0500
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Thanks for the tips...

I also have an ACM, but we can't use that with the MSFFW.  Microsoft
decided to use the Midi signal lines instead of serial or USB lines for
the Force-Feedback information, and as far as I know (please correct me
if I'm wrong), the ACM does not process Midi signals.

This ain't over yet.  There are still a few mystery folks out there that
say this work, though no one has provided any info as to exactly _how_
it works for them.

Then there's the documentation that says it's impossible.

Quite a pickle, huh?

:)

-Larry

Daxe Rexford <daxe@nospam.snakefoot.com> wrote:

> I never tried this joystick with my Thrustmaster ACM game card, but
> disabling the joystick port on the SB AWE32 so the ACM would be recognized
> in device manager allowed my broken piece of crap analog Thrustmaster T2 to
> work in DOS, boxed DOS and Native Windows, also.
> 
> Hope it helped?
