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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/joy.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/joy.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a8ebfaf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/joy.4 @@ -0,0 +1,152 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: joy.4,v 1.15 2015/01/15 20:37:36 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthieu Herrb +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $NetBSD: joy.4,v 1.2 1996/03/31 00:17:43 perry Exp $ +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $ +.Dt JOY 4 i386 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm joy +.Nd games adapter +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "joy0 at isa? port 0x201" +.Cd "joy* at isapnp?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This driver provides access to the games adapter. +The lower bit in the minor device number selects the joystick: 0 is the first +joystick and 1 is the second. +.Pp +The game control adapter allows up to two joysticks to be attached to +the system. +The adapter plus the driver convert the present resistive value to a relative +joystick position. +On receipt of an output signal, four timing circuits are started. +By determining the time required for the circuit to time-out (a function of +the resistance), the paddle position can be determined. +The adapter could be used as a general purpose I/O card with four +analog (resistive) inputs plus four digital input points. +.Pp +Applications may call +.Fn ioctl +on a game adapter driver file descriptor +to set and get the offsets of the two potentiometers and the maximum +time-out value for the circuit. +The +.Fn ioctl +commands are listed in +.In machine/joystick.h +and currently are: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width JOY_GET_X_OFFSET -offset indent -compact +.It JOY_SETTIMEOUT +Sets the maximum time-out for the adapter. +.It JOY_GETTIMEOUT +Returns the current maximum time-out. +.It JOY_SET_X_OFFSET +Sets an offset on X value. +.It JOY_GET_X_OFFSET +Returns the current X offset. +.It JOY_SET_Y_OFFSET +Sets an offset on Y value. +.It JOY_GET_Y_OFFSET +Returns the current Y offset. +.El +.Pp +All of these commands take an integer parameter. +.Pp +Read() on the file descriptor returns a +.Fa joystick +structure: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +struct joystick { + int x; + int y; + int b1; + int b2; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +The fields have the following functions: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width xxx -offset indent -compact +.It Fa x +Joystick's current X coordinate (or position of paddle 1). +.It Fa y +Joystick's current Y coordinate (or position of paddle 2). +.It Fa b1 +Current state of button 1. +.It Fa b2 +Current state of button 2. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fa b1 +and +.Fa b2 +fields in struct joystick are set to 1 if the corresponding button is down, +or 0 otherwise. +.Pp +The X and Y coordinates are supposed to be between 0 and 255 for a +good joystick and a good adapter. +Unfortunately, because of the hardware hack that is used to measure the +position (by measuring the time needed to discharge an RC circuit made from +the joystick's potentiometer and a capacitor on the adapter), calibration +is needed to determine exactly what values are returned for a specific +joystick/adapter combination. +Incorrect hardware can yield negative or > 255 values. +.Pp +A typical calibration procedure uses the values returned at lower-left, +center, and upper-right positions of the joystick to compute the relative +position. +.Pp +This calibration is not part of the driver. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/joy0 -compact +.It Pa /dev/joy0 +first joystick +.It Pa /dev/joy1 +second joystick +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ioctl 2 , +.Xr intro 4 , +.Xr isa 4 , +.Xr isapnp 4 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.An Jean-Marc Zucconi +wrote the +.Fx +driver. +.An Matthieu Herrb +ported it to +.Ox +and wrote this manual page. |
