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This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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File contents
!PCJoy help file and instructions.
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Machine requirements
====================
A Risc PC with a Acorn/Aleph1 PC card
or
An older machine with a podule PC card.
(see below *)
Intro
=====
!PCJoy is a small application & relocatable module which enables the Aleph1
/Acorn Risc PC PC card use standard Acorn joysticks. (for playing PC games,
etc).
All makes of joysticks are supported if they provide the standard
Acorn joystick SWI's. (Usually this comes in the form of some supporting
module which provide the extra swi's).
I have personally tested !PCJoy with VTi's gamepad, and it works fine.
Unfortunately I don't have access to any of the analogue joysticks which are
available, so I cannot guarantee whether they will function correctly.
How to use the application.
===========================
1) Before loading the !PC or !486PC software, double click on the !PCJoy
filer icon. This should launch the desktop front end of the software.
2) Load your 3rd Party joystick module (the one which emulates the Acorn
joystick SWI's).
2) Now load your !PC/!486PC software as usual.
It is very important that you do it in this order. (!PCJoy will not function
if you load it after the pc software has been loaded).
I have now also added a dos executable to this release. (joytst.exe).
Install this into your /dos directory on your PC partition. When you
want to test if !PCJoy is working just type joytst at the dos prompt. This
should tell you how many joypads are connected, etc.
Available options.
==================
There are two available options from inside !PCJoy. These options can be
accessed by clicking the middle button over the !PCJoy icon (on the iconbar).
The first option, 'type', selects the kind of joystick you have connected.
This can either be analogue or digital.
The second option selects how many joysticks you have connected
(either 0,1 or 2).
Please note that you can change these options at any time (ie even after the
!PC/!486PC software has been loaded).
Star Commands
=============
There are two *commands available, which perform exactly the same function
as the available options mentioned above.
*PCJoy [0-2] Selects the number of joysticks, where [number] is
the number of joysticks connected (0-2)
*PCJoyType [0-1] Selects the type of joysticks connected
(0 - analogue, 1 - digital)
* Under normal circumstances you will never need to use these * commands, but
I decided to document them incase users of non RiscOS3.5 machines wish to
try the module with older PC podules. (I don't even know if it will work -
if anyone tests it for me could they please let me know).
Additional Notes.
=================
Anyone who has used PC joysticks will know that they are the worst design
ever. Perhaps the fundamental floor is the fact that they can only have two
buttons per joypad when two joypads are connected.
My software fully emulates this (for compatibility reasons). Therefor if you
are using one joypad, the PC game has access to all four buttons (if the ac-
tual joypad has four buttons), otherwise if you have two joypads connected
the PC game only has access to two buttons per joypad.
This may seem weird but it is yet another of those old design problems which
has survived to modern day age (just like Intel processors :-) )
Problems, Problems and more problems.
=====================================
What happens if it does not work.
Well firstly check you have the software running and installed correctly.
Then try executing joytst.exe on your PC card. This dos executable should
tell you how many Acorn joysticks are connected (as configured).
Another thing to check is that you have your third party Joystick module
loaded (the one which provides the Acorn swi's). The PCJoy application will
not work without this loaded :-)
If weird things are still happening then get in contact me. (see address
file inside the docs directory).
**STOP PRESS** :-)
One other problem can occur with the VTi joystick module. The current module
provides the standard Acorn SWI's, but it also provices Auto fire functions
(which do not work correctly with PCJoy). To solve this problem run the
VTi joystick application and save a joystick module from here (without
altering any other settings). This should now work fine.
Dan Simms. 00000000 21 50 43 4a 6f 79 20 68 65 6c 70 20 66 69 6c 65 |!PCJoy help file| 00000010 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f 6e | and instruction| 00000020 73 2e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |s. | 00000030 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 3d 3d | .==| 00000040 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |================| * 00000060 0a 0a 4d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 |..Machine requir| 00000070 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |ements.=========| 00000080 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 41 20 52 |===========..A R| 00000090 69 73 63 20 50 43 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 41 63 |isc PC with a Ac| 000000a0 6f 72 6e 2f 41 6c 65 70 68 31 20 50 43 20 63 61 |orn/Aleph1 PC ca| 000000b0 72 64 0a 0a 6f 72 0a 0a 41 6e 20 6f 6c 64 65 72 |rd..or..An older| 000000c0 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 20 | machine with a | 000000d0 70 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 50 43 20 63 61 72 64 2e 0a |podule PC card..| 000000e0 28 73 65 65 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 20 2a 29 0a 0a 49 |(see below *)..I| 000000f0 6e 74 72 6f 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 21 50 43 4a |ntro.=====..!PCJ| 00000100 6f 79 20 69 73 20 61 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 61 70 |oy is a small ap| 00000110 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 26 20 72 65 6c 6f |plication & relo| 00000120 63 61 74 61 62 6c 65 20 6d 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 77 |catable module w| 00000130 68 69 63 68 20 65 6e 61 62 6c 65 73 20 74 68 65 |hich enables the| 00000140 20 41 6c 65 70 68 31 0a 2f 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 52 | Aleph1./Acorn R| 00000150 69 73 63 20 50 43 20 50 43 20 63 61 72 64 20 75 |isc PC PC card u| 00000160 73 65 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 20 41 63 6f 72 |se standard Acor| 00000170 6e 20 6a 6f 79 73 74 69 63 6b 73 2e 20 28 66 6f |n joysticks. (fo| 00000180 72 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 50 43 20 67 61 6d |r playing PC gam| 00000190 65 73 2c 0a 65 74 63 29 2e 0a 20 20 0a 41 6c 6c |es,.etc).. .All| 000001a0 20 6d 61 6b 65 73 20 6f 66 20 6a 6f 79 73 74 69 | makes of joysti| 000001b0 63 6b 73 20 61 72 65 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 |cks are supporte| 000001c0 64 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 79 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 |d if they provid| 000001d0 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 6e 64 61 72 64 0a 41 |e the standard.A| 000001e0 63 6f 72 6e 20 6a 6f 79 73 74 69 63 6b 20 53 57 |corn joystick SW| 000001f0 49 27 73 2e 20 20 28 55 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 74 |I's. 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a| 000009b0 6e 61 6c 6f 67 75 65 2c 20 31 20 2d 20 64 69 67 |nalogue, 1 - dig| 000009c0 69 74 61 6c 29 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ital). | 000009d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 2a | .*| 000009e0 20 55 6e 64 65 72 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 63 69 | Under normal ci| 000009f0 72 63 75 6d 73 74 61 6e 63 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |rcumstances you | 00000a00 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 6e 65 65 64 20 |will never need | 00000a10 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 2a 20 63 |to use these * c| 00000a20 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 2c 20 62 75 74 0a 49 20 64 |ommands, but.I d| 00000a30 65 63 69 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 |ecided to docume| 00000a40 6e 74 20 74 68 65 6d 20 69 6e 63 61 73 65 20 75 |nt them incase u| 00000a50 73 65 72 73 20 6f 66 20 6e 6f 6e 20 52 69 73 63 |sers of non Risc| 00000a60 4f 53 33 2e 35 20 6d 61 63 68 69 6e 65 73 20 77 |OS3.5 machines w| 00000a70 69 73 68 20 74 6f 0a 74 72 79 20 74 68 65 20 6d |ish to.try the m| 00000a80 6f 64 75 6c 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6c 64 65 72 |odule with older| 00000a90 20 50 43 20 70 6f 64 75 6c 65 73 2e 20 20 28 49 | PC podules. (I| 00000aa0 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 65 76 65 6e 20 6b 6e 6f 77 | don't even know| 00000ab0 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 6f 72 6b | if it will work| 00000ac0 20 2d 20 0a 69 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 74 65 | - .if anyone te| 00000ad0 73 74 73 20 69 74 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 65 20 63 6f |sts it for me co| 00000ae0 75 6c 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 70 6c 65 61 73 65 20 |uld they please | 00000af0 6c 65 74 20 6d 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 29 2e 0a 20 20 |let me know).. | 00000b00 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000b10 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 41 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 61 | .Additiona| 00000b20 6c 20 4e 6f 74 65 73 2e 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |l Notes..=======| 00000b30 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 0a 0a 41 6e 79 6f |==========..Anyo| 00000b40 6e 65 20 77 68 6f 20 68 61 73 20 75 73 65 64 20 |ne who has used | 00000b50 50 43 20 6a 6f 79 73 74 69 63 6b 73 20 77 69 6c |PC joysticks wil| 00000b60 6c 20 6b 6e 6f 77 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 |l know that they| 00000b70 20 61 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 73 74 20 64 | are the worst d| 00000b80 65 73 69 67 6e 0a 65 76 65 72 2e 20 20 50 65 72 |esign.ever. Per| 00000b90 68 61 70 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6e 64 61 6d 65 |haps the fundame| 00000ba0 6e 74 61 6c 20 66 6c 6f 6f 72 20 69 73 20 74 68 |ntal floor is th| 00000bb0 65 20 66 61 63 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 79 |e fact that they| 00000bc0 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 | can only have t| 00000bd0 77 6f 0a 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 73 20 70 65 72 20 6a |wo.buttons per j| 00000be0 6f 79 70 61 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 77 6f 20 6a |oypad when two j| 00000bf0 6f 79 70 61 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 |oypads are conne| 00000c00 63 74 65 64 2e 0a 0a 4d 79 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 |cted...My softwa| 00000c10 72 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 65 |re fully emulate| 00000c20 73 20 74 68 69 73 20 28 66 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 |s this (for comp| 00000c30 61 74 69 62 69 6c 69 74 79 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e |atibility reason| 00000c40 73 29 2e 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 66 6f 72 20 69 66 |s). 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