Maybe the legacy drivers do not provide gameport functionality? Or it could be that the system is too fast preventing programs from detecting the joystick.

J.Jordan wrote on 2020-09-25, 16:05:

I bought a PC ProPad 4 to try with some DOS games. Having a ton of trouble with it. I can see it and use it in Win98, but nothin […]
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I bought a PC ProPad 4 to try with some DOS games. Having a ton of trouble with it. I can see it and use it in Win98, but nothing I've tried in DOS will recognize it. Game/Midi Port is onboard and set to 208/330 to avoid a conflict in Windows. I've also tried it on the port on my soundcard (Now disabled in DOS, but usually set to 201/300) My understanding was this would be seen as simply a 2 or 4 button joystick. I assume I'm wrong. I figure my system is either too new or I'm missing a driver/setting in my config/autoexec. Any help is a appreciated.

System Spec:
P4 2.8
Asus P4V800-D
512MB Ram
GeForce FX 5600
AOpen AW744L II / Using DOS legacy drivers (system sees it as a Sound Blaster)

DOS games expect the gameport to be at 201h . Having it at 208h ensures most DOS games will never see it (most DOS software is hardcoded, AFAIK).

EDIT: According to another thread on Vogons, it should work fine in DOS .

DOS games expect the gameport to be at 201h . Having it at 208h ensures most DOS games will never see it (most DOS software is hardcoded, AFAIK).

EDIT: According to another thread on Vogons, it should work fine in DOS .

It's probably the thread I based my purchase on. I'll switch the onboard port to 201 tonight and see what happens. I think I can resolve the Windows conflict another way.