The new falcon 4 commercial release is well worth the bucks, you can buy it
for under 30 bucks and that way you won't have to spend hours
loading/patching/loading/ etc etc.

As for the other Games you've listed, I don't think you'll have much luck
with the Janes Titles, I've got them all and I have video driver problems
with everything, they're just too old and not very compatible with the new
XP drivers and current DX versions

good luck


"Timmy Ferrell" wrote in message
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Hi all,
I recently installed a new hard drive a found myself with space to
spare, so I tried re-installing some old software titles from the past.
Unfortuanetly I could'n t get any of the sims to recognize my Saitek
X-45 joystick/throttle. Would anyone know if there is ANY supprot for the
following titles? All of the titles installed fine under Win XP even
though windows 98 was the OS de jeur when most of these were released.
Falcon 4.0
Janes USNF '97
Janes USAF
Janes F15
Janes Longbow 2
Falocn 4.0 surprised me a little- I thought there was still an active
audience for this sim but most of the sites that I googled came back with
old site and out of date links. Even microproses' site (since taken over
by Atari) has no mention of it.

My second question is- what is the best modern air combat sim
available? I'm looking for a true sim- no an arcade shooter. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Tim