posted 04-19- 06:41 PM               

I installed a Mac emulator called Basilisk II and then downloaded (for free) Mac OS 7.5.3 from Apples site. I followed the directions here... http://www.kearney.net/~mhoffman/basiliskII/system753_tutorial/index.html

posted 04-20- 01:37 PM               

Yep, the Mac folks had it all back when A-10 Cuba came out. We were the ones that could get the great A-10 training that came with A-10 Attack and could look at the chits on the mission maps and do all sorts of stuff. Ah-back in the good ole days .

Wish I could help you with your joystick problem Pete. Might need to find some kind of joystick Input sprocket if I remember about the Mac. I've got OS 8.5 sitting on the G3 that sits on my computer desk--but to be honest--I haven't turned it on in a while.

This might be of some help--but I'm not really sure if it will help. It came from my System folder in my Mac harddrive and its the Readme that comes before all of these input sprockets that sit in the System folder.

InputSprocket 1.3

InputSprocket 1.3 is provided to you so you can use certain joysticks, keyboards, and mice on your Macintosh to play games. For instance, if you want to play Quake with your mouse, you will need to install this software.

Installation Instructions:
Drag the following files onto your System Folder (they will be automatically routed to the appropriate location within). It is not necessary to restart after installing these files.

- InputSprocket CH
- InputSprocket CH Trackball
- InputSprocket Contour
- InputSprocket Gravis
- InputSprocket Kensington
- InputSprocket Keyboard
- InputSprocket MacALLY
- InputSprocket Microspeed
- InputSprocket Mouse
- InputSprocket NoHandsMouse
- InputSprocket SideWinder 3D Pro
- InputSprocket Speech
- InputSprocket Thrustmaster
- InputSprocket USB
- InputSprocketLib
- USBHIDUniversalModule

Supported Devices:
The following drivers add support for the listed devices:

- InputSprocket CH: CH Jetstick, CH Flightstick Pro, CH Pro Pedals, CH Pedals, CH F16 Fighterstick,
CH Gamepad, CH Pro Throttle

- InputSprocket CH Trackball: CH Trackball (ADB)

- InputSprocket Contour: Contour Mouse (ADB)

- InputSprocket Gravis: Gravis Gamepad (ADB), Gravis Firebird (ADB), Gravis Mousestick II (ADB),
Gravis Blackhawk (ADB)

- InputSprocket Kensington: Kensington TurboMouse 4.0 (ADB), Kensington TurboMouse 5.0 (ADB),
Kensington Thinking Mouse (ADB), Kensington Mouse (ADB),
Kensington Orbit Trackball (ADB), CoStar Stringray trackball (ADB)

- InputSprocket Keyboard: all keyboards

- InputSprocket MacALLY: MacALLY Joystick (ADB)

- InputSprocket Microspeed: MacTRAC Trackball (ADB), MouseDeluxe (ADB)

- InputSprocket Mouse: Apple Mouse and 100% compatible ADB mice

- InputSprocket NoHandsMouse: Hunter No Hands Mouse (ADB)

- InputSprocket SideWinder 3D Pro: Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro Joystick (ADB)

- InputSprocket Speech: English Speech Recognition (requires the Speech Recognition Extension,
version 1.5.1 or later at )

- InputSprocket Thrustmaster: Thrustmaster FCS (ADB), Thrustmaster WCS (requires FCS),
Thrustmaster RCS (requires FCS)

- InputSprocket USB: ALPS GamePad, Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad, Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro Joystick,
Microsoft SideWinder FreeStyle Game Pad, Thrustmaster TopGun Joystick, Apple USB Mouse,
all compatible USB mice (requires USBHIDUniversalModule and a USB Macintosh)

Advanced Features:
Certain games specify some of their game functions as 'utility' functions which generally will only be accessible from the keyboard. In these cases, you can see these functions in any of the non-keyboard drivers' configuration panels if you hold down the option key before clicking on the appropriate popup. You also see other functions which InputSprocket has determined are not generally appropriate (like an x-axis in the popup for the y-axis of a joystick).

Updates:
You can find the latest releases of InputSprocket at: http://developer.apple.com/dev/games/or ftp://ftp.apple.com/devworld/Games/

Support:
This software is provided as is. Please do not call Apple or the hardware manufacturer for technical support. Visit the above web address for more information about InputSprocket.

AQ

posted 04-20- 09:08 PM               

A-10 flies great doesn't it? It always felt like a real airplane especially during the takeoffs and landings. You can plop it on when landing or really grease it on ---make a smooth takeoff or a lousy takeoff. I really loved this sim when I flew it and I loved learning all about ground pounding from it too as it was the first combat flight sim I played.

Wish I could be more help. I've actually got the opposite situation as I've got an Orange PC PCI card on my Mac that has a 200 mhz processor so I can run Windows on my Mac. I actually first flew SDOE on my Mac with this card-although FPS were terrible with only 32 MB ram on the Orange PC card and a 4 mb NVidia graphics chip too-hehe. I shortly after this bought a PC to fly SDOE and now I'm on my second PC as I've upgraded and have more flight sims than time to play them.