Hello dear people,

As this is my first post, I'd like to start by showing my gratitude towards all the incredible things you do to keep the spirit of DOS alive.
I consider you of extraordinary magnitude.

For the past couple of months I have been leading my life with one single obsession - getting to play the old game called Quest For Fame (Aerosmith), which is a Guitar Hero prototype (that's how retro I am).
Every single step of my way has been filled with problems, and so far I have found solutions to all of them. Now, as dumb as I am, unfortunately , I am stuck.

Getting an original copy of the game (never re-issued, not very popular, and still working 20 years after initial printing) was not a piece of cake.
Installing it under any operating system was beyond me, simply because I have encoured every single problem imaginable (and I'm sure you, DOS oldtimers,know what I'm talking about).

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So, to the problem
I'm running dos box 072. I installed win 3.11 on it - sound and graphic drivers included.
I try to install the game but an error pops up saying my VPick (which is this game's joystick controller) is not connected.
Well, truth being told - it is and it isn't.
It's a LPT controller and my new computer doesn't have no LPT ports.
I bought an USB adapter, and I plugged it in.
Win7 recognizes the joystick, but the dosbox doesn't.

I entered dos box config and I understand I'm supposed to changed "serial1=dummy" into , say, serial1=directserial realport:com1
well, I did, to no avail. This is where my knowledge ends, because I really don't know where my port com1 is. Whe I use "device manager", it says the controller is connected to "Port_#0002.Hub_#0001", but writing it down in dosbox config doesn't help either.

So, my questio is,
1. I have no LPT port
2. I have an LPT controller
3. I bought a USB adapter
4. It is recognized in win7 but not in dosbox 72, emulating win 3.11
what shall I do?

And, oh yea, I googled first and I searched this forum, but all I get is "print to file LPT1", and I don't care about printing and connecting printers. Please help you guys, any suggestions are welcomed !