Re: Sidewinder Joystick on IRIX

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From: Simon C Mills (simon++at++wgs.estec.esa.nl)
Date: 04/27/2001 06:11:38

"Murray G. Gamble" wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Not that I'm aware of. We've had good success with a device called "The
> Unwinder" made by TPG. The unwinder can accept input from two joysticks and
> provides an RS-232 interface that can be easily read and interpreted on an
> SGI. The product includes easy to follow examples of how to do this - we
> had a set of PC flight controls integrated with software on an SGI Onyx
> system in a couple of hours. Here's the link:
>
> http://this.is/tpg/products/unwinder/
>
> 'Hope this helps.

Just to add that we have also had good results with the Unwinder device
with Microsoft Sidewinder joysticks. We use two at the same time quite
successfully.

Regards, Simon
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