I got a joystick working on my 701...

["Gene J" <blue@enteract.com>]

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it, I have a joystick 
on my 701 and I think I like it.

But seriously, I've found a PC Card (PCMCIA type 1) game 
port adapter that features a dongle connector, so it will 
not interfere with the TP701's folding keyboard.  It also 
has drivers for DOS/Win3.1 and Windows95 on a 3.5" diskette 
with the unit, so you won't have to hunt around WWW pages 
or BBSs for drivers (the situation I was in for a certain 
serial-to-gameport adapter that had no drivers for Win95). 

The adapter is called the "Game Traveler" and its made by 
EXP Computers <http://www.expnet.com>.  The adapter also 
comes with a Champ "PowerPad 100" 4-button gamepad which 
is ok but I know I'll be replacing it with a better 
joystick.

I got my "Game Traveler" from CDW in Chicago (1-800-401-4239) 
for $66.28 plus tax; the CDW item number is "CDW 70889.  It 
took CDW about 15 days to get it for me since they were out 
of stock when I ordered it.

It installed easily, Win95 recognized it and the driver load 
from the diskette worked with no problems.  I tried it with 
two games, Quake (DOS game under Win95) and Dig-Dug (a Win95 
game) and had no problems with either, not expansive testing 
but an indicator that the adapter does work across DOS and
Win95.

Anyhow I'm thrilled that I now have an alternative to playing 
games with the keyboard and mouse, and may now get some extra 
life out of my keyboard.  :)
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  Gene <blue@enteract.com>
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