From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: HOME-BREW: Homebrew force feedback?
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 05:10:43 GMT
Message-ID: <nagleEJzD1v.JDt@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom On-Line Services


wware-nospam@world.std.com (Will Ware) writes:
>Earlier I (wware-nospam@world.std.com) wrote:

>: I'm interested in tinkering with a 3DOF force-feedback widget in the
>: context of molecular modeling. Being on a hobbyist's budget, I'm
>: hoping to find plans [of something a hobbyist could build]

>I later came across the "Force FX" joystick, 2DOF but the price is right.
>Has anybody got any experience with programming the thing?

     See the last few issues of "Game Developer".  There's a new
Microsoft API for the things.

     Unfortunately, the game people think of force feedback devices
as a kind of audio output device.  Most of the API issues revolve
around playing canned vibration patterns.

					John Nagle

nagle@netcom.com