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Re: Using the Microsoft Sidewinder Controller

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Originally Posted by Grommit
I was wondering if anyone has found any optical joystick that works without a specialized driver.
Even better, I was wondering if anyone had found joysticks that swivel in addition to moving forwards, backwards, left and right.
Any optical joystick would probably be a newer model which it means it would be difficult to get to work. The reason newer gameport joysticks do not work with the OI is because they take advantage of multiplexing, which dumps more than one channel per pin. The IFI OI does not understand other companies' multiplexing.

Most sidewinders I've seen do swivel. We used one a couple of years ago, but got it to work only after completely gutting it and re-soldering everything (picking the buttons/functions we wanted). If you want more functions than there are pins, you can always have it plug into two joystick ports.
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