                        COOLIE for FALCON/MIG/HORNET
                                Version 1.03
                        By: Ken "Stinger" Richardson
                              UID: [70761,301]
                         InterNet: krichar@fox.nstn.ns.ca

        COOLIE is a Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) program that will
work with the ThrustMaster FCS allowing you to program the "Coolie Hat" and 
Buttons 3 and 4 to any keystroke on the keyboard, (including SHFT/CTRL/ALT 
keys). You can also program "double-click" funtions to any button or hat 
position. For example: By default the Hat is programmed to switch between  
forward, back, right and left views depending on what direction you push it.
If you push the Hat up twice, it will switch to Padlock view.

To program your FCS, I supplied a small program called COOLKEY.COM. This
program will ask you to press which keystroke you want for each Hat position
and Button. After you make your keystroke selections, it will write a file 
named COOLIE.CFG. This file must be in the same directory as COOLIE.COM 
when you load it. If COOLIE can't find the COOLIE.CFG file, it assumes 
you want to use the defaults and returns an error code.

No modification is required to the Host program. Simply run the COOLIE
program, or use LOADHIGH to load it into high memory. The first step is to
calibrate your Coolie Hat. Just follow the on-screen instructions, this only
takes a few seconds. Next COOLIE will check to see if the COOLIE.CFG file
is available, if so it will program the Hat and Buttons. After COOLIE is 
loaded it will automatically check to see if a Host is running. If a Host is 
running it will automatically "attach" itself. If a Host is not running, it 
will simply lay dormant in memory until it senses a Host. To Un-install 
COOLIE, just execute the COOLIE.COM program a second time. This will 
remove the TSR from memory. One other thing you should do is select JOYSTICK
from the CONFIG screen instead of THRUSTMASTER. Also, answer NO when you are
asked if you wish to calibrate external throttle during joystick calibration.

COOLIE also has a feature that will allow you to remap your COM3 and COM4
ports to COM1 and COM2 respectively. This will allow people to connect
in one of the communications modes, using COM3 or COM4. To enable the
COM port remap feature, add the /3 or /4 switch after typing COOLIE. For
example: Type COOLIE /3 to remap COM3 to COM1
           or COOLIE /4 to remap COM4 to COM2

COOLIE will work for all versions of Falcon 3.0 after version 3.02, all         
versions of MiG-29 after version 1.01, and all versions of Hornet from
Spectrum Holobyte. COOLIE will return the following ERRORLEVEL's for BATCH
file processing:            ERRORLEVEL 1 = Configuration file not loaded
                            ERRORLEVEL 2 = Calibration Error
        
        This utility is not supported by Spectrum Holobyte in any way so if
you experience any problems contact me via Compuserve EMail, the MODEMGAMES
forum on Compuserve (GO MODEMGAMES), or InterNet Email.

                                        -Enjoy!

                                         Stinger

File list:
             COOLIE.COM   - Padlock TSR itself. This file must be loaded before
                            running the simulators.
             COOLIE.TXT   - This file.
       
             COOLKEY.COM  - The "programming" program.


