Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!killer!pollux!dalsqnt!rpp386!pigs!haugj From: haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Info on Controlling Joy Sticks Summary: i _still_ want my info ... Message-ID: <426@pigs.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 17:02:55 GMT References: <421@pigs.UUCP> <720@starfish.Convergent.COM> Reply-To: haugj@pigs.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) Organization: Precision Information, Dallas, TX Lines: 17 In article <720@starfish.Convergent.COM> cdold@starfish.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold) writes: >Oh, so quick to flame theory, so slow to try it... >A DOS call??? Why is it that I found it in my Compaq 386 Hardware Tech Ref? >I believe that it is a BIOS ROM call, since it appears in chapter 4, >"SOFTWARE ASPECTS AND BIOS" didn't have to try it. xenix does not support `rom-bios calls'. to support a joystick a device driver would have to be written and ioctl() calls made to read the joystick pots and buttons. >Besides, you aren't the one that asked for it. does that actually matter? i've asked for it now ... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-The Beach Bum at The Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers-=-=-=-=-=-= Very Long Address: John.F.Haugh@rpp386.dallas.tx.us Very Short Address: jfh@rpp386 "ANSI C: Just say no" -- Me