[PD] new win32 joystick example patches

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

[hidin] is defunct, I don't think anyone is working on it.  But it  
will be useful as Windows example code for the new [hid] aka [hidio].

.hc

On Aug 23, 2006, at 5:43 PM, David Merrill wrote:

> Aah, that's interesting, I didn't know that was there already. Will  
> [hidin] eventually expose an identical interface as [hid], so that  
> input devices can be used in a cross-platform manner?
>
> I just tried [hidin] out with my Logitech joystick, and the 4  
> continuous axes seem to work, but the buttons aren't producing any  
> output..
> -David M.
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> On a related note, Olaf Matthes' [hidin] is now included in Pd- 
>> extended, so that's another way to use game controllers on Windows.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2006, at 1:07 PM, David Merrill wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all -
>>> This is just a quick followup to my post from a week or so ago  
>>> about my update to jsarlo's joystick external for win32 (my fix  
>>> exposes the POV-hat) - I've updated the example pd patch es that  
>>> are bundled with the external to show "hook up" connections for 2  
>>> joysticks with different capabilities, a Sidewinder Dual Strike,  
>>> and a Logitech RumblePad 2. The new .zip is available from:  
>>> http://www.media.mit.edu/~dmerrill/sw/joystick.zip
>>> Send me any questions, comments, feedback, etc..
>>> best regards,
>>> -David Merrill
>>>
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