Further to my topic looking for good DOS joystick options for Tie Fighter: As the initial step on that path, I've first obtained an MS Sidewinder 3D Pro joystick to test out.

It's just arrived on my doorstep and now I intend to open it up, give it a full clean up, and attend to anything else inside which may be beneficial.

My research located a couple of pages (1 and 2) alluding to no-longer-exist sites which apparently had good info about internal optimisations and fixes, specific to this stick.

With the referenced sites now gone and no other leads easily found, might anybody here still have that information on hand?? My advance thanks.