• Kethal@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Did joysticks actually use MIDI or they just use the same port? You can program so many buttons with MIDI. You could set up an entire cockpit on one device.

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        7 months ago

        I mean the MIDI port was where you would plug in a MIDI keyboard, which is just a fancy joypad anyways. So I guess they did use it. I don’t think it supports any other protocol.

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    7 months ago

    If you started a call with your cellphone close to a loudspeaker you could hear the connection being initiated through the speaker. Something like a tat-ara-tat sound.

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    7 months ago
    C:\>type autoexec.bat
    @ECHO OFF
    PROMPT $P$G
    PATH C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM;
    SET TEMP=C:\TEMP
    REM -- HDD cache:
    SMARTDRV.EXE 2038 512
    MODE.EXE LPT1:,,P >NUL
    SHARE.EXE /F:150 /L:1500
    MOUSE.COM /Y
    DEVICE=C:\sb16\DRV\CTSB16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1
    DEVICE=C:\sb16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS
    CD \WINDOWS
    WIN
    

    And don’t forget to set the jumpers correctly!

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      7 months ago

      You forgot to load EMM386 or even HIMEM.SYS! You might as well not even bothered installing that expensive 4MB SIMM stick for all the use you’re gonna get out of it.

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        7 months ago

        That’s done in config.sys, not autoexec autoexec.bat IIRC

        Also anyone remember that joke?

        ;fastest mouse driver available
        DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRV\CAT.SYS