CH Fighterstick and Prothrottle

[Beavis]

In article <7082A4481AE014AB.1B958EED364D8A8A.986FEBBAB6DFADF1@library-
proxy.airnews.net>, JStricker <jstr...@odsys.nospam.net> writes
>Not so much a question here as looking for some feedback,
>
>I use a CH Fighterstick, ProThrottle, and Pro Pedals. On my main system (A
>P2 300 w/64 megs) I have never been able to get the programmable functions
>to work properly. Intermittent lock-ups, hung keyboard, you name it. The
>system prior to this was a P5-166 and the same result. Both systems had a
>SB16 and I used it for the game port.
>
>OK, the reason for the SB16 is that it has an onboard IDE interface that I
>need. It will install as a 3rd IDE port in Win95 (shows up as a CD-ROM
>controller). I have 3 HDD and 3 CD's, one of them a 4cd changer so I have
>to have the 3 controllers. I'm also getting pretty short of slot space so
>I'm trying to combine as many functions/card as possible.
>
>After long emails with CH (who, BTW, are very good at answering their email
>and were very helpful) neither of us really could figure out why it wouldn't
>work. Even after they exchanged the prothrottle for a new one.
>
>The fighterstick, if used alone, (with or without the pedals) works fine.
>The problem seems to be in the ProThrottle. Out of desperation, I plugged
>the whole works into one of my networked back-up machines. It is a P5-120
>with an old media-vision sound card and their own SCSI interface for their
>CD. Guess what? Works like a champ. So now I have a couple of choices.
>Don't use the programmable parts, or have it in an inferior system.
>
>Any suggestions on a different sound card WITH an onboard IDE port? I'm
>pretty convinced that's where my conflict is in this deal, but who knows.
>Anybody else have any other suggestions? If you are running anything
>similar to this, I'd be interested to know how you're making out with it and
>your system configurations.
>
>Thanks
>
>John Stricker
>
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>
>
Hi John

Strangely enough, a fellow simmer just got a Pro throttle and a FX
flightstick (both CH) and we're having the same problem. I use a CH
throttle (not the Pro) and I can program both it, and my Suncom F15E-
Eagle flight stick for most of the functions I need, but with the Pro
throttle on my pal's machine, we cant program ANYTHING to the buttons
and switches.

I hope it's not a fundamental problem with the CH products equipment but
as my pal is due to spend a few weeks away from his 'putern, I wont know
for a while. The Force Feedback is superb though, especially when you
crash :-)

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Beavis