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PowerRamp Mite allows PC gaming to be almost as easy to setup as console gaming. The
PowerRamp feels very similar to a PlayStation controller and has six action buttons on the right side (defaulted to ALT, CTRL, Insert, Spacebar, Enter, and Delete), although these are all re-programmable. It also has a D-pad on the left side and four shoulder buttons towards the front (PlayStation gamers would call these L1, L2, R1, and R2). In the center of the controller is a secondary D-pad which has four hyper programmable buttons -- capable of 10-in-1 programmability! The
PowerRamp Mite is a great choice for console gamers getting into PC gaming and not wanting to worry about drivers and such.
The PowerRamp Mite gamepad is for PCs. Period. HOWEVER -- due to the nature of its design, it will work equally well with ANY game on ANY operating system as long as it can work with keyboard inputs. That means that the PowerRamp will work with any games written for DOS (any version), Windows 3.1/95a/95b/98/2000, Windows Strikes Back, Linux, Unix, MEnix, ANYBODY ELSEnix... If it uses a PC keyboard (yes a PS/2 keyboard connection is also provided), it will work with the PowerRamp stick! Now, tell me THAT?s not cool!
Act Labs? PowerRamp line is so refreshingly simple to install, that I can tell you the WHOLE process here. Simply power down your PC, unplug the keyboard, plug the adapter that fits your keyboard?s plug into your keyboard, and put the plug that resembles your keyboard?s plug into your PC (where you just removed the keyboard from). Now you have just plugged your keyboard ?through? the joystick and into the PC. Simply make sure that the cord you just plugged your keyboard through is connected to the joystick (it connects in the rear of the joystick) and you?re done. Just power up the system. There?s really no need to ever remove the joystick, as long as you don?t put it somewhere that the buttons will get pressed or the stick will get hit when you?re not using it. That would cause letters to be typed (by the joystick). The joystick comes preprogrammed to a set of letters, but may be easily reprogrammed (during gameplay, if desired!) by pushing in the ?Setup? button, holding down the button you wish to program, and typing the key you wish to program it to be. (A red light will turn off and then back on to assure you that the input was captured.) Repeat for as many buttons as you wish to program, then press ?Setup? again to turn off the programming mode.
