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Silvy · 11-18-2004, 01:42 PM

Hi y'all,

I have an old gravis Firebird 2 joystick lying around.
I'd like to use it again, and the primary function is working fine.

But I cannot re-program it. All it's buttons are programmable and quite a few years back I programmed most of the buttons to keyboard controls. Seems however that windows will now not recognize the buttons (but I can almost type this post with it

) instead reading enters, spaces etc.

Gravis never released an update for it's software so I downloaded the old dos configuration utility. But it doesn't detect the firebird and therefore cannot re-program it.

Anyone got an idea? Thanks!

portos99 · 04-15-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Silvy

Hi y'all,

I have an old gravis Firebird 2 joystick lying around.
I'd like to use it again, and the primary function is working fine.

But I cannot re-program it. All it's buttons are programmable and quite a few years back I programmed most of the buttons to keyboard controls. Seems however that windows will now not recognize the buttons (but I can almost type this post with it

) instead reading enters, spaces etc.

Gravis never released an update for it's software so I downloaded the old dos configuration utility. But it doesn't detect the firebird and therefore cannot re-program it.

Anyone got an idea? Thanks!

...I'have same problem and working on it but if you already know the answer (...) thx

Silvy · 04-16-2005, 04:05 AM

I've given up on it for now, just using mouse/keyboard for games...

I'd like to get it working again though, so keep us posted!

11-18-2004, 01:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Netherlands	Programming Gravis Firebird with win2k Hi y'all, I have an old gravis Firebird 2 joystick lying around. I'd like to use it again, and the primary function is working fine. But I cannot re-program it. All it's buttons are programmable and quite a few years back I programmed most of the buttons to keyboard controls. Seems however that windows will now not recognize the buttons (but I can almost type this post with it ) instead reading enters, spaces etc. Gravis never released an update for it's software so I downloaded the old dos configuration utility. But it doesn't detect the firebird and therefore cannot re-program it. Anyone got an idea? Thanks! __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)

04-16-2005, 04:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
Silvy paranoid Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Netherlands	I've given up on it for now, just using mouse/keyboard for games... I'd like to get it working again though, so keep us posted! __________________ "Do not kill. Do not rape. Do not steal. These are principles which every man of every faith can embrace. " - Murphy MacManus (Boondock Saints)