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02-08-11, 01:43 PM
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Navy Seal
 Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Rochester, New York
Posts: 8,633
Downloads: 29
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Looking for a cheap, small joystick?
...I'm surprised and disappointed that no one here has made a joke about looking in your trousers yet... 
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02-08-11, 03:31 PM
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Admiral
 Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,272
Downloads: 58
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Frau:"I need a new toy, so I'm looking for a cheap joystick of manageable size" Rest of us:"pull down Dowly's pants, the hardest, cheapest, and smallest one you can find!" 
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My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us 
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02-08-11, 04:12 PM
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Eternal Patrol
 Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA
Posts: 10,108
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02-08-11, 05:09 PM
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Rear Admiral
 Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again.
Posts: 12,706
Downloads: 168
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I must confess I saw this thread when the OP first posted and it took everything I had NOT to reply to it.
 Thought about offering to PM him an old boyfriend's phone# but then I realized I've been, uh, pretty lucky in that regard. 
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02-09-11, 06:19 AM
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Kaiser Bill's batman
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
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Thanks guys, I new I could rely on Hunter and Jan for sensible answers (nearly!). Two out of eight replies - not a bad rate here
 I've got my old Sidewinder somewhere, I'll have to dig that out for the time being. At least I have some desk space back, and some cash 
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02-09-11, 07:29 AM
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Lucky Jack
 Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Finland
Posts: 25,055
Downloads: 32
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Well, how much smaller do you want?
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02-09-11, 07:41 AM
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Kaiser Bill's batman
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AN72
Posts: 13,203
Downloads: 76
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I think something without a separate throttle this time, the myriad buttons are great, and the MFD but I lived without them before and I can again!
I can!  I will!  I must! 
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02-09-11, 01:34 PM
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Shark above Space Chicken
 Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,332
Downloads: 162
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02-09-11, 04:07 PM
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The Old Man
 Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Parkland, FL, USA
Posts: 1,437
Downloads: 5
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Still using my Sidewinder here.
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02-09-11, 04:23 PM
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Ace of the Deep
 Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,151
Downloads: 152
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"I installed my old Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 on our new laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium with no trouble at all. All I had to do was connect it to the laptop & turn the laptop on. It first identified the new USB device, then indicated it was installing appropriate drivers (from the harddrive or from the Web, I don't know which). A small window announcing that the drivers had been successfully installed then popped up. (The "In Process" window failed to close by itself - I had to hit the "Close" button myself.) I then went to the Control Panel & looked at (I think!) "USB Devices", & Lo & Behold, there it was! "Sidewinder Force Feedback 2". I was even able to get into a calibration window that allowed me to verify the buttons, Z-Axis control, Paddle control, etc., all courtesy of Windows 7. I then started Jane's World War II Fighters (an 11-year old video game which I had installed the day before) & used the Sidewinder to play the game. Shoot, it even provided force feedback during the game! Upshot: You shouldn't need to install any drivers for the joystick - Windows 7 knows!" http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/40...dback-joystick http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...ision-joystick 
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02-14-11, 06:41 PM
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SUBSIM Newsman
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Close to sea
Posts: 24,254
Downloads: 553
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