Like others, I am suddenly interested in getting a ff wheel. Wonder why?
;-)
Here's my observation and question. I fiddled with the Microsoft unit at
Comp USA, and the darn thing shook the display shelf if was connected to so
hard that other things were about to fall off the shelf.
Certainly, you wouldn't want to subject your CPU to that kind of
vibration -- or even much less, for that matter. But what about vibration
and monitors? It can't be good, right? Or am I being overly protective of
my hardware?
How do you ff users deal (if at all) with the vibration?
Thanks!
Kurt Steinbock
The vibration really doesn't seem too bad when connected to my desk. It may
be that the shelf compusa had their's connected to wasn't too stable. I
really haven't noticed any vibrations on the desk come to think of it. Maybe
their clamp wasn't fastened as well as it could have been.
--
-/- Walk Walker
Official HAL Backmarker
For the MSFF Wheel you have the option to adjust the strength of the force
feedback. also the demostration mdel shows the range of FF effects ina
short period of time. Generally your experience especially with GPL (if
that does eventually support FF) will be less *** vibrations and more of
a feeling of slippage in the wheels or oversteer/understeer sensations and
less shaking.
Dingo
> The vibration really doesn't seem too bad when connected to my desk. It may
> be that the shelf compusa had their's connected to wasn't too stable. I
> really haven't noticed any vibrations on the desk come to think of it. Maybe
why?
> > ;-)
> > Here's my observation and question. I fiddled with the Microsoft unit at
> > Comp USA, and the darn thing shook the display shelf if was connected to
> so
> > hard that other things were about to fall off the shelf.
> > Certainly, you wouldn't want to subject your CPU to that kind of
> > vibration -- or even much less, for that matter. But what about vibration
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> their clamp wasn't fastened as well as it could have been. > -- > -/- Walk Walker > Official HAL Backmarker > > Like others, I am suddenly interested in getting a ff wheel. WonderQuoted text (9 lines)
> > and monitors? It can't be good, right? Or am I being overly protective > of > > my hardware? > > How do you ff users deal (if at all) with the vibration? > > Thanks! > > Kurt SteinbockOn Thu, 13 May 1999 08:27:29 -0400, "Kurt Steinbock"
Cats are fast learners. They now leave their usual "purring place"
beside me as soon as I slide the wheel into place in front of me.
The first weeks was a hard fight between two cats giving the evil eye
to the wheel and the wheel trying to vibrate the cats, the desk, the
cpu and me into submission.
I think the thing that finally made the cats give up was the extreamly
loud BANG the wheel gives dishes out when you smash into a wall in
Viper Racing. I do that a lot...
/petern
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>Like others, I am suddenly interested in getting a ff wheel. Wonder why? >;-) >Here's my observation and question. I fiddled with the Microsoft unit at >Comp USA, and the darn thing shook the display shelf if was connected to so >hard that other things were about to fall off the shelf. >Certainly, you wouldn't want to subject your CPU to that kind of >vibration -- or even much less, for that matter. But what about vibration >and monitors? It can't be good, right? Or am I being overly protective of >my hardware? >How do you ff users deal (if at all) with the vibration? >Thanks! >Kurt SteinbockI have been using a msff wheel for about 2 months and had vibration
problem one time.
It took a system reboot to correct the problem, maybe a software glitch?
(not likely from Microsoft?)
Dan
