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Q110189: Joystick Doesn’t Work with Media Vision Card

Article: Q110189
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator for MS-DOS, version 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you use Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum or Pro Audio Studio sound cards,
the joystick port must be enabled for Flight Simulator to use the joystick.

MORE INFORMATION
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To enable the joystick port, the J: parameter in the MVSOUND.SYS line must be
set to 1.

The following is an example of the MVSOUND.SYS line that must be in the
CONFIG.SYS file:

  DEVICE=C:\<PATH>\MVSOUND.SYS D:3 Q:7 S:0 J:1

Switches include:

  D:#  - DMA channel
  Q:#  - IRQ setting
  S:#  - SoundBlaster emulation is on (1) or off (0)
  J:#  - Joystick enabled (1) or disabled (0)
  V:#  - Sets initial volume for sound card; default is 80
  M:#  - Specifies whether MPU401 emulation is on (1) or off (0)

NOTE: Refer to the Media Vision manual for a complete description of the
individual switches.

Additional query words: 5.00 5.00a flightsim fltsim dos mediavision FS5

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim500DOS kbSimSearch
Version           : MS-DOS:5.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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