That's pretty good thinking to look for CT* files and entries; that didn't occur to me. I have removed the ctpnpscn.drv entry from system.ini and the problem is now resolved. Thanks for your help in this regard. I've also ditched the Creative DOS drivers except for the mixer. Do you have any plans to have it so that the unisound.com file sets all inputs at the same level, or at least the line-in level with voice and midi volumes?
So back to testing the gameport card...
Both ports of the CH Gamecard III Automatic work fine once the AWE64Gold's gameport is disabled in, both, DOS and Windows. Your unisound.com file saved the day here, as it seems the Creative CTCU utility was not up to the task.
In dual controller mode, we are limited to just two gamepad buttons, which could be limiting if you are running something like Street Fighter II w/Mame. I then went on to test two GamePad Pro controllers. Both controllers work fine once the Gravis GrIP drivers are installed, but you can only use Port A on the CH Gamecard III Automatic (one controller plugs into the plug of the first controller).
On the other hand, when using the Gravis GrIP drivers, which are required for the Gamepad Pro, if the Gamepad Pro is not plugged in, or if a regular Gamepad is plugged in and you try to use the computer for Windows tasks, there is a very noticeable mouse pointer lag that comes and goes. So this is probably not a configuration suitable for a 5x86. Maybe it happens on PIII's as well, I don't know.
Another problem I noticed is that, although the GRiP drivers are supposed to work with regular Gamepad's, I was only able to use one Gamepad; if I plugged in two, only the one on Port B worked. I also tried to use one Gamepad Pro and one Gamepad, plugged in either the Gamepad Pro's through port, or on the CH Gamecard III's port B, but only the Gamepad Pro would work. So if you want to do 2-player, you must stick with two Gamepad Pros, otherwise, you must uninstall the GrIP drivers and use two Gamepad's with both the CH Gamecard III's ports. Who wants to uninstall drivers when changing gamepads?
I have since uninstalled the Gravis GrIP drivers and will stick with dual Gamepad's on this computer, since it has two gameports, and leave the Gamepad Pro's for a faster system with only a single gameport.
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