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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: machinehead on May 01, 2003, 03:08:36 PM

Title: Spider USB
Post by: machinehead on May 01, 2003, 03:08:36 PM

Hello!
Can I use a USB joystick/mouse with Spider?
I am so busy at work, I haven't had time to install the card yet.

Title: Re: Spider USB
Post by: Kronos on May 01, 2003, 03:51:31 PM

AFAIK those drivers haven't been released by Chris.

Title: Re: Spider USB
Post by: lorddef on May 01, 2003, 04:03:30 PM

what can you use wit usb on the amiga?  I mean half the usb stuff I have requires custom drivers, I mean I could get by with most of it using a card reader of some sort, but whats the use?

Title: Re: Spider USB
Post by: rhino on May 01, 2003, 04:23:48 PM

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Can I use a USB joystick/mouse with Spider?

USB mice work fine with Poseidon's (the USB driver software used by the Spider) HID class. It allows you to program the function of extra buttons and take advantage of scroll wheel(s) too.

As far as I'm aware there is no support for USB joysticks.

Other types of USB device supported include:
Storage devices: card readers, ZIP drives, hard disks etc.
Printers: (require an Amiga driver such as TurboPrint).
Scanners: (require a scanner package with USB support such as fxScan or ScanQuix)
Keyboards: again with full programability via the HID class.
Modems: conforming to the CDC ACM standard.
Serial to USB adaptors

A full list is on Chris Hodges' website (http://www.platon42.de).

You do need to be careful you choose compatible devices with driver support. E3B (http://www.e3b.de) have a useful list of tested devices on their website.

HTH

Robert

Title: Re: Spider USB
Post by: lorddef on May 01, 2003, 04:57:54 PM

hmm, thats more than I expected!