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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
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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 ...
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