Hi Thanks for the answers. Bret, if we talk about real hardware with FreeDOS (or even DOS), using your USB drivers. Is there any way to attach an USB gamepad and have some kind of program that maps that USB gamepad as a game port gamepad, so old games that use the gameport can work with a USB gamepad?
Regards On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:36 AM Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote: > > I think what Martin meant was using an actual USB gamepad connected > > to the computer's USB port & having the virtual machine running > > FreeDOS interpret the gamepad as if it were a joystick-port gamepad. > > The solution depends on whether he is actually using a Virtual Machine or > not, and if so which VM. Some VMs virtualize gamepads/joysticks and some > don't. > > > Check ebay for USB to 15 Pin Joystick Gameport Converter Adapter. > > This would only make sense if he has an old analog/gameport joystick that > he is particularly attached to for some reason and wants to keep using it. > Especially on EBay, the cost of a used USB gamepad/joystick is probably > about the same as a USB-to-GamePort adapter. You can also get new USB > gamepads/joysticks without spending a lot of money (depending on how > "sophisticated" you want them to be). > > > Some old DOS games used to work with a joystick and/or gamepad using > > the very old and discontinued game port. > > > > I was wondering if there is any kind of solution to play old DOS > > games with an USB gamepad, but the old DOS game will recognize that > > gamepad as an old game port joystick. > > > > Any solutions? or ideas? > > If you're running DOS inside a Virtual Machine of some sort, it SHOULD be > able to virtualize a USB gamepad/joystick as a regular analog/gameport > joystick inside the Virtual Machine. You may need to play around with some > of the VM settings to get it to work, or may need to switch to a different > VM if the one you're using doesn't support joysticks. > > If you're running DOS on real hardware, there is only one solution > available but it does not work with all hardware and can be daunting to set > up (USB is EXTREMELY complicated). You will need to use my USB drivers > (available at http://bretjohnson.us). AFAIK, those are the only drivers > available for native DOS that support USB joysticks/gamepads. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Martín Itúrbide http://www.os2world.com mar...@os2world.com martiniturb...@gmail.com Quito - Ecuador
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