First post, by Kelly Stiver
I brought a Manhattan joystick converter from Amazon.com, tried it, but it didn't work at all. Maybe it was a dud. I'm thinking of returning it for a refund since I now have my eye on a Logitech extreme 3D Pro usb joystick that i'm thinking of getting for $44.99 plus tax from my local
Best Buy that's near the mall. Here are the specs for this joystick:
System requirements:
pc with pentium processor or compatible;
64 MB RAM;
20 MB available hard disk space;
CD-ROM drive;
USB port;
Windows 98, 2000, ME, or XP;
it has a twist handle and 12 buttons plus the fire (trigger) button).
These joysticks will be out of stock 12-31-08; the one I looked at tonight was the only one that was left on the shelf at Best Buy, and I've put it on a 24-hour hold before leaving Best Buy to go to the bus stop to go home tonight. I'm wondering if this joystick will run in DOSbox as well as Virtual PC & VMware Player under Windows 98SE for playing my older space combat simulator games in DOSbox and VPC 2004 and VMware Player under Windows 98SE as well as Microsoft Flight Simulator X (deluxe edition) under Windows XP [all this - DOSbox, VPC 2004 & VMware Player - are installed on my laptop which runs Windows XP, has 1 GB RAM]. 
I'm wondering if this joystick will work in DOSbox. I have DOSbox 0.72 win32installer. I also have Windows 3.11 installed in DOSbox in a subdirectory and am wondering if this joystick will work in Windows 3.11.
