Well you know more than I about getting USB working in DOS then. 😉

I don't really use USB on old systems. P3 and older. The issue is that USB consumes more CPU cycles than PS/2 or AT DIN. It really does affect game performance on old systems. So you should consider using PS/2 instead IMO.

I use USB for a gamepad but only within Windows 9x. In DOS I would use my old CH Flightstick gameport joystick.

Lol it was simply because I wanted to use some usb pendrives of mine for data transfer in dos. It's annoying to use cd-rw everytime 😉

A crude method of test:
- Get Puppy Linux, and install it to a USB pendrive.
- Boot puppy and get Wakepup2 (it's a floppy boot disk).

Insert wakepup2 floppy, and the Puppy pendrive. The floppy runs under DOS, and has A LOT of USB drivers. You may use it to check what drivers (if any) works with your hardware.

(BTW: I guess that you will need only Wakepup to see if it read your USB disk)

has anyone ever checked my USB DOS thread? All you need for USB mass storage support in pure DOS, fast!!!
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I have a working DOS solution for transfering... cdrw was just too much of a chore 😁

That's a cool thread Keropi. I tried usbaspi5 and it says it cannot find hardware. I'll try with other sys files when I have time 😁

However I found a workaround. The system is a multiboot dos/windows98se so when I have to move big archives I start the pc using w98 (the usb interface works here) and I put them in the dos partition

bye!

Did you try having the usb-stick plugged on boot? In DOS there is no hot-plug feature....

yep. It keeps saying it cannot find the peripheral.