MS Sidewiner Game Controllers

haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller
working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but on
5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my
Sidewinder joystick refused to install.

It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I
have left it at that

Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the
latest build?

Microsoft doesn't even support this hardware anymore, I find it unlikely
that it would be supported under Vista, its at end of life I say.
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"Adahn" <administrator@localhost> wrote in message
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> haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller
> working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but
> on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my
> Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
>
> It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I
> have left it at that
>
> Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the
> latest build?

Last time I heard of "Sidewinder" was in early 2000!

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Microsoft doesn't even support this hardware anymore, I find it unlikely
> that it would be supported under Vista, its at end of life I say.
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> "Adahn" <administrator@localhost> wrote in message
> news:7AED907E-CBB5-406A-84CD-E8946A273160@microsoft.com...
>> haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller
>> working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but
>> on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my
>> Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
>>
>> It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so
>> I have left it at that
>>
>> Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the
>> latest build?
>
>

Sidewinder Precision 2 works well on 5308 and 5270 with native drivers.
No configuring or driver loading was necessary.
Used successfully with FS 2004 on both Vista versions.

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"Adahn" <administrator@localhost> wrote in message
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> haven't tried it on later builds, as it's tedious to get a controller
> working at all once the setup fails and doesn't roll back correctly, but
> on 5219 the driver and control panel software (version 4 I think) for my
> Sidewinder joystick refused to install.
>
> It has basic functionality with the generic drivers though of course, so I
> have left it at that
>
> Just a heads-up, in case it goes unnoticed, or is it fixed already in the
> latest build?

What? I still have my MS Sidewinder (USB). I didn't use much it either.
It's a good joystick.


On 3/8/2006 4:36 PM PT, Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor) wrote:

> Last time I heard of "Sidewinder" was in early 2000!
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