keyboard trouble

iamnoah · Post by **iamnoah** » Sun May 23, 2004 5:01 am

:Angry: my bloody keyboard wont work once the game loads up, I have a wireless , but if I can write this it means that it is working fine, the game just doesnt respond.HELP ME

Post by **Wally** » Sun May 23, 2004 7:43 pm

umm what game???

Actually you should probably not use wireless for old games as they probably dont read USB.

x86_Game-Junkie · Post by **x86_Game-Junkie** » Sun May 23, 2004 11:47 pm

Nearly all the DOS games downloaded from this site don't or should I say won't work with USB mice or keyboards, you will have to install a keyboard into the keyboard slot on the tower, and mouse into the mouse slot of the tower.
If you don't have these you will need to purchase them from a computer store, and they are quite cheap so they won't break the piggy bank.

Post by **wardrich** » Mon May 24, 2004 2:46 am

the problem is the USB. DOS can't recognize USB perps. You need to either A) buy PS/2 or

Get USB to PS/2 convertors. AFAIK the convertors work fine in DOS.

-Richard-

Post by **Wally** » Mon May 24, 2004 6:04 pm

or if you play them in dosbox....

I have actually got a USB keyboard and mouse on my computer and they work fine running in windoze...

x86_Game-Junkie · Post by **x86_Game-Junkie** » Mon May 24, 2004 8:26 pm

true, or just purchase a 2nd hand computer which doesn't have USB ports.

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Tue May 25, 2004 6:45 am

buy a good old serial keyboard?

pikachu · Post by **pikachu** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:17 am

hello....
I have PS2 mouse and keyboard but DOS games don't work.
I tried Mario (coz I actually want to play it) and Dave (just a random choice since Mario don't work and I'm trying to see if others work).
By "don't work" I mean the keyboard doesn't work. Not sure about the mouse as I don't think those 2 games use mouse anyway.
Please reply. Thanks.

Interon · Post by **Interon** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:22 am

Are you running these games in Windows or pure DOS mode?

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:47 pm

borrow a OLD SERIAL keyboard form your friend and try to play it with it

pikachu · Post by **pikachu** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:39 am

Does it need to be serial? Isn't PS2 good enough?

It's WinXP Pro and I just double click the game EXE from within Windows.
Only 1 of my computers has that keyboard problem. The others work fine.
I tried swapping the KB but no reults... [they are all PS2]
Thanks for helping

dr_st · Post by **dr_st** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:40 pm

I have yet to see a DOS game that doesn't work with PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mice. It would have to be a really old DOS game or a really crappy one.

Interon · Post by **Interon** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:27 pm

Keyboard handling SHOULD be run through the BIOS.

pikachu · Post by **pikachu** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:42 am

JMS wrote:Keyboard handling SHOULD be run through the BIOS.

What exactly do you mean?

Ro@m · Post by **Ro@m** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:10 am

Does it need to be serial? Isn't PS2 good enough

yusdt to be sure does it really work!

Interon · Post by **Interon** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:20 am

That's just a programming thing, when a game is made, it should get its keyboard input through BIOS instead of DOS or direct access, to allow for many different keyboards to be compatible with the game.