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From: "Ted Kennedy" <ted.kennedy@compaq.com>
Subject: Re: Is Silent Thunder Win98 compatible?
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Have you installed the FS patch available from MS?
mwi@inetarena.com wrote in message <76dnee$gm$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>My 65 year old stepfather just got a new Compaq 2266 with Windows 98 on it.
>I've installed Silent Thunder A-10 Tank Killer (a couple of times) and he's
>dieing to play it. He also got a MicroSoft Precision Pro joystick, which is
>the one I've used for a couple of years.  Unfortunately, every time we go
>into a mission, the plane immediately spins out of control, and sometimes
>moving the joystick causes the plane to move in the opposite direction -
>other times it has no effect at all.  I took over my joystick and there was
>no difference, so it's not a bad hardware issue.
>
>A motorcycle game that came with the computer seems to work just fine with
the
>joystick.
>
>I downloaded the patch from the Sierra site and the joystick seems to work
OK
>when I check it in calibration, then goes nuts when we try to fly a
mission.
>For awhile the keyboard arrows worked OK, but now they also don't stop the
>spinning.
>
>By the way, I've also done a complete restore on the computer and
reinstalled
>the drivers and game, but no luck there either.
>
>Any ideas?   Is it possible that this is just another Win98 bug?   Please
post
>or email me.
>
>Max
>Portland, OR
>mwiREMOVETHIS@inetarena.com
>
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