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From: fitz AT argus DOT lpl DOT arizona DOT edu (Mike Fitzgibbon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Joy-oh-joysticks
Date: 1 Aug 1995 17:20:33 GMT
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In article <3vkulc$jri AT fileserv DOT aber DOT ac DOT uk>, ngh94 AT aber DOT ac DOT uk says...
>
>Dear All,
>        Why is it the simplest things cause me grief, whereas writing
>complex routines takes me 20 minutes and they work 2nd go?
>
>        Just sussing out how to read the joystick, should be easy enough,
>do some "stuff" with the "bits" in 0x0201 I thought (based on PCGPE). No
>such bloody luck. When I do an inport the value I get only changes when
>I press ctrl on the keyboard, nothing from the joystick. I was only doing
>a quick check for the fire buttons, not worrying about directions to start
>with (ha should take 3 mins I thought, HA).
>
>        Could somebody please point out my incredibly stupid
>mistake?Posting here not r.g.p as there may be some difference with DJGPP
>although I have no idea what that could be.
>
>        Nigel "I'm not even worth flaming" Hughes

I am not sure, but you may need to output to the port (0x201) first to fire 
the one-shots.  For a code example (rather old) see the Sargent/Shoemaker book 
"The IBM Personal Computer from the Inside Out" (c) 1984 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 
0-201-06896-6.  I am sure more recent example must also be availible. 
Good Luck.