Use joystick instead of mouse?

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Is there a program which lets you use a joystick to control the cursor
in all programs?

Maybe a mouse control routine which lets the user choose to use joystick
as input device.
 
Roger said:
Is there a program which lets you use a joystick to control the cursor
in all programs?

Maybe a mouse control routine which lets the user choose to use joystick
as input device.
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There was quite a long thread about this a while back - Google should
find it for you . . . ISTM only a couple of apps were mentioned

meanwhile I just spotted this. . .

http://www.codevis.com/

available for BETA testers:

Mouse on a Stick! - Controls your mouse pointer from a joystick

Mouse on a Stick! allows you to use any DirectX-compatible game
controller - game pads, joysticks, even driving pedals - to control your
mouse pointer in Windows.

Requirements: Windows 98 / ME / 2K / XP
DirectX 8 or above
Pentium-II or better w/128MB RAM
DirectInput device

Susan
 
Susan said:
http://www.codevis.com/

available for BETA testers:

Mouse on a Stick! - Controls your mouse pointer from a joystick

Mouse on a Stick! allows you to use any DirectX-compatible game
controller - game pads, joysticks, even driving pedals - to control your
mouse pointer in Windows.

Requirements: Windows 98 / ME / 2K / XP
DirectX 8 or above
Pentium-II or better w/128MB RAM
DirectInput device
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Nice program. I am running it right now. It allows me to use either
joystick or mouse, both work at the same time.

This program, mouse on a stick, also allows using the mouse to fake a
joystick.
 
Ceg said:
I used to use one back in the Days-O-DOS...IIRC, it was called joymouse.
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I have found joymouse from 1998. It has a somewhat complicated license.
I have not tried it yet, seems like I would have to ask the author for a
password.
 
Roger Johansson said:
I have found joymouse from 1998. It has a somewhat complicated license.
I have not tried it yet, seems like I would have to ask the author for a
password.
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I can't help you...been ages and ages since I've used it. In fact, I think
the last time I used it was back when Windows 3.1 was new.
 
Roger said:
Susan Bugher wrote:




Nice program. I am running it right now. It allows me to use either
joystick or mouse, both work at the same time.

This program, mouse on a stick, also allows using the mouse to fake a
joystick.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the feedback. IIRC the earlier request for this type of app
was for use by people with disabilities - so good to know this one works
well.

Susan
 
| Is there a program which lets you use a joystick to control the
cursor
| in all programs?
|
| Maybe a mouse control routine which lets the user choose to use
joystick
| as input device.
|
|
| --
| Roger J.


Two other options, too.

I have a Deskstick. It's a hardware joystick that emulates a
mouse. I bought it at a store in Berkeley that specializes in
computer products for people with disabilities a while back. I
can't tell you more about this because I never seriously tried
it. I would have to use it with an "integrator" that would allow
it to be used with the next item (indeed, I found one of these
"mouse 'Y connectors'" at a closeout store). I really like having
extra alternative input devices on my system. I've used a second
number pad to give me a left-handed "Enter" key and foot pedals
for the most finger-numbing word processing strokes (this last
one takes coordination). A Touchpad on the right plus a joystick
on the left might be cool!

I have used a Touchpad for the last eight years. When I have
worked on-site, I've taken a trackball with me. Anything not to
have to use a mouse: I hate mouses. I dislike having to shove the
damn things around; mouses give me shoulder pain. I also have a
certain thing about software writers who force users to
constantly move their hands back and forth between the keyboard
and mouse because they are too thoughtless to implement the
keyboard properly. Indeed, how many coders out there know how to
type with all fingers? If they did, they might have some empathy
for people who have to suffer with their awkward, klutzy progeny
day in and day out.

Sorry. This topic got me rant-enabled.

The devices that I mentioned above are all recognized by
Windows/DOS as mice, so you can just plug them in and go.
However, they come with software that's designed to deliver
advantages based upon their uniqueness. The Deskstick has some
sort of acceleration built-in, but its action is cruder than the
Touchpad, which allows good precision for things like artwork. In
other words, I think that the Deskstick is nice for broad
sweeping arrow-cursor movements; the Touchpad is better for
precision control. The trackballs are essentially just mice
turned upside-down; they suffer from the same ailments (dirt).

Joystick software, though, would be the cheapest way to go about
this. Have you tried the hardware options?

Richard
 
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