Mac + Joystick?

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Mac + Joystick?

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I finally got Descent II (D2X-XL) to run on my iBook, but how do I get my joystick (Sidewinder Precision Pro II) to work with it? I can't find any drivers and there doesn't appear to be any \"game devices\" control on OSX. Any ideas?
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They never made an OS X version of the driver, I'm afraid. The stick might appear as a HID device, though, at which point it should be visible to any app that uses GLUT to process input.
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USB linux joystick drivers?
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Krom wrote:USB linux joystick drivers?
What would that have to do with OS X?
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DCrazy wrote:
Krom wrote:USB linux joystick drivers?
What would that have to do with OS X?
From the sounds of that response, nothing at all. :P I wasn't sure which mac OS was based off a linux kernel.
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Absolutely none. ;) OS X is based on Darwin, which is XNU (Mach kernel) + BSD userland.
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