msff wheel

Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is going to produce a usb2 wheel.

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:59:08 GMT, "Dennis Croll" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is going to >produce a usb2 wheel. Why would they need to? Steering wheels don't generate nearly enough data to max out even USB(1). -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

Well I was just wondering. I have the old game port version and I have heard that MS was going to stop making the wheel and I didnt know if that was for a new model or just not making it anymore. The prices of the usb wheel are really great now so I thought that if they might discontinue I would need a usb wheel for my new machine that I will be getting within a year. I also understand that the latest operating system does not like the old wheel. "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:59:08 GMT, "Dennis Croll" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is goingto

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> >produce a usb2 wheel. > > Why would they need to? Steering wheels don't generate nearly enough > data to max out even USB(1). > -- > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

Actually, if you are using a hub, like I was, with a mouse and usb headphones on the hub, you can use up all the bandwidth. I had many problems driving with my usb MSFFW. I thought my wheel had gone bad. I was getting major lag in control inputs. I tried it on a different computer and it worked fine. So, I plugged it into a dedicated usb port on my motherboard and then it worked fine. I would not have had to do this if they had a usb 2.0 model because the bandwidth on the usb port. Keith "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:59:08 GMT, "Dennis Croll" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is goingto

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> >produce a usb2 wheel. > > Why would they need to? Steering wheels don't generate nearly enough > data to max out even USB(1). > -- > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

I see no need, really. If they do, it will only be to standardize on parts. There is so little data sent over controllers that it would be a waste of engineering otherwise. Kinda like having an ATA/133 mouse :) -Larry "Dennis Croll" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0zNBb.503192$Fm2.482611@attbi_s04... > Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is goingto > produce a usb2 wheel. >

Microsoft has suspended the production of _all_ sidewinder products. If you act now, you can get a USB MSFFW for $39 from several places. I think Best Buy is all out, but CompUSA might have some left. That's where I got mine from. It's an excellent wheel with excellent pedals, and if you want one you really don't want to put it off. This was one of the rare times I actually got to a true bargain in time. -Larry "Dennis Croll" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mLNBb.302902$Dw6.1007358@attbi_s02... > Well I was just wondering. I have the old game port version and I have > heard that MS was going to stop making the wheel and I didnt know if that > was for a new model or just not making it anymore. The prices of the usb > wheel are really great now so I thought that if they might discontinue I > would need a usb wheel for my new machine that I will be getting within a > year. I also understand that the latest operating system does not likethe

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> old wheel. > > "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:59:08 GMT, "Dennis Croll" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is

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> to > > >produce a usb2 wheel. > > > > Why would they need to? Steering wheels don't generate nearly enough > > data to max out even USB(1). > > -- > > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > > Check groups.google.com before asking a question. >

Yes, but you are talking about the Bus, not the device. Having a USB2 wheel would make absolutely no difference in your case. If you saturate the Bus, you saturate the Bus. You have to fix the Bus, not the wheel. -Larry "krollenhagen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TCOBb.16511$8y1.67421@attbi_s52... > Actually, if you are using a hub, like I was, with a mouse and usb > headphones on the hub, you can use up all the bandwidth. I had many > problems driving with my usb MSFFW. I thought my wheel had gone bad. Iwas > getting major lag in control inputs. I tried it on a different computerand

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> it worked fine. So, I plugged it into a dedicated usb port on my > motherboard and then it worked fine. I would not have had to do this if > they had a usb 2.0 model because the bandwidth on the usb port. > > Keith > "Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:59:08 GMT, "Dennis Croll" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Does anyone know if any of the manufacturers of steering wheels is

going

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> to > > >produce a usb2 wheel. > > > > Why would they need to? Steering wheels don't generate nearly enough > > data to max out even USB(1). > > -- > > Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. > > Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, > > please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. > > Check groups.google.com before asking a question. > >

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:11:31 GMT, "krollenhagen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Actually, if you are using a hub, like I was, with a mouse and usb >headphones on the hub, you can use up all the bandwidth. Granted, but having a USB2 steering wheel (mind boggles) would have made no difference in that situation. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.