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Firewheel
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by Firewheel Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:27 pm
I finally got Descent II (D2X-XL) to run on my iBook, but how do I get my joystick (Sidewinder Precision Pro II) to work with it? I can't find any drivers and there doesn't appear to be any \"game devices\" control on OSX. Any ideas?
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by DCrazy Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:34 pm
They never made an OS X version of the driver, I'm afraid. The stick might appear as a HID device, though, at which point it should be visible to any app that uses GLUT to process input.
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by Krom Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:38 pm
USB linux joystick drivers?
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by DCrazy Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:55 pm
Krom wrote: USB linux joystick drivers?
What would that have to do with OS X?
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by Krom Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:08 pm
DCrazy wrote: Krom wrote: USB linux joystick drivers?
What would that have to do with OS X?
From the sounds of that response, nothing at all.
I wasn't sure which mac OS was based off a linux kernel.
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by DCrazy Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:37 pm
Absolutely none.
OS X is based on Darwin, which is XNU (Mach kernel) + BSD userland.
I wasn't sure which mac OS was based off a linux kernel.
OS X is based on Darwin, which is XNU (Mach kernel) + BSD userland.