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First post, by rug

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Does anyone know if this throttle works under DOS?

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Rita Graça.

My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.

Reply 1 of 5, by Great Hierophant

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It should work like the WCS Mk II, throttle using a joystick axis and buttons being programmed via a keyboard port.

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Reply 2 of 5, by rug

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Great Hierophant wrote:

It should work like the WCS Mk II, throttle using a joystick axis and buttons being programmed via a keyboard port.

But the Attack Throttle doesn't seem to have a keyboard connector. Can't see how it's programmable...

Cheers,
Rita Graça.

My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.

Reply 3 of 5, by Great Hierophant

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How many buttons does it have? I saw something at the Thrustmaster FAQ that would seem to indicate that may require a second, independent gameport interface to use. You would need something like the Thrustmaster ACM card.

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Reply 4 of 5, by rug

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Great Hierophant wrote:

How many buttons does it have? I saw something at the Thrustmaster FAQ that would seem to indicate that may require a second, independent gameport interface to use. You would need something like the Thrustmaster ACM card.

It seems to have 4 buttons plus a side switch (mode switch?):

http://english.feedburner.es/lv/group/view/kl … ck_Throttle.htm

Cheers,
Rita Graça.

My DOS machine: MS-DOS 6.22, Pentium MMX 200MHz, 64MB RAM, AWE64 Gold, 4GB HD, Philips 19" CRT, 3"1/2 Floppy, CDROM, Parallel ZIP, ThrustMaster FLCS+TQL+Elite.

Reply 5 of 5, by sf78

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As this was never properly concluded I'll let everyone know, that the AT does NOT work under pure DOS and is 100% digital with no analog switch. This was also mentioned in the manual. I have confirmed it with a few joystick tests myself.