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First post, by trckajak

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Hello everyone,

can anybody tell me if is gameport among devices when DOSBox starts? I have set it properly in config file and I just need to know if problem is with my device or in DOSBox.

I run DOSBox on Win98 and gameport is running well in win98 - but is not in DOSBox.

Thanks for advice. 😀

Reply 3 of 3, by skitters

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trckajak wrote:

can anybody tell me if is gameport among devices when DOSBox starts? I have set it properly in config file and I just need to know if problem is with my device or in DOSBox.

I run DOSBox on Win98 and gameport is running well in win98 - but is not in DOSBox.

Have you tried running joytest.exe in DOSBox?
You can download it from wd's attachment in this thread
Joystick problem in v0.70 - Microsoft Sidewinder Pad

This YouTube video shows what it does (around 45 seconds into the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lHAzSyw9RQ

In XP and later, the joystick is detected as long as your dosbox-0.74.conf file doesn't have joysticktype=none
(assuming you have a joystick connected and configured in Windows)
By default it was set to joysticktype=auto on my computer

I don't know how well the joystick detection works if you're running DOSBox on Windows 98.