Jim Fitzsimmons wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 MB> You don't want to read the joystick directly from an 
 MB> application.  You need to use a device driver under 
 MB> OS/2.  See, for example:
 MB> GAME02A.ZIP   146K  2-10-95  Advanced OS/2 Joystick 

 JF>  Well I was afraid of that. I will take a look for one
 JF> locally and see what the source code looks like. I am
 JF> attempting to program under OS/2 and am finding "Big"
 JF> learning curve. I thought "C" was hard.:) O_well in time
 JF> maybe.. Thanks for the responce..

It is a design philosophy issue.  Devices should require device drivers. 
Think of the mess that would have ensued on the old IBM mainframes if any
programmer could just grab control of the system joystick without first
checking to see if the console operator was playing PacMan. :-)
 
-- Mike


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