Posted by NThero on 12, 2001 at 6:41 PM:
In Reply to: Cheap wireless pointing remote actually works ! posted by Mr Arcade on 12, 2001 at 9:47 AM:
Did you get this item from pacbell's site or some other e-commerce site? $10 doesn't include shipping costs right?
: Let me start this by saying that I did not know I was buying a proprietary Packard Bell item when I ordered the Fastmedia remotes...I probably wouldn't have ordered them had I known they were PB.
: Anyway, I am glad I did order them. I had to download the drivers for Win98...but once installed I got all the functionality I wanted. I had to edit system.ini in the windows folder to set the remote to com1.
: The remote does the following so far...left and right clicks and moves the cursor. No diagonals though. Volume control works as well as mute. Enter works. I programmed one function key to launch ArcadeOS. There are more function buttons...I will try to get them to launch other apps...no luck so far.
: I have the following shortcuts on the desktop: ArcadeOS, Final Burn, Atari 2600, NES, SNES, MusicMatch Jukebox, MK4, as well as several pinball sims.
: It is nice having a wireless device that doesn't require an open flat surface like a mouse. I can choose an app to launch. If I am using the jukebox I can change volume or mute from across the room.
: Not to bad for under $10.
: Mr Arcade