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keyboard trouble

Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 5:01 am
by iamnoah
: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

Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 7:43 pm
by Wally
umm what game???

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

Posted: Sun May 23, 2004 11:47 pm
by x86_Game-Junkie
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.

Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 2:46 am
by wardrich
the problem is the USB. DOS can't recognize USB perps. You need to either A) buy PS/2 or B) Get USB to PS/2 convertors. AFAIK the convertors work fine in DOS.


-Richard-

Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 6:04 pm
by Wally
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...

Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 8:26 pm
by x86_Game-Junkie
true, or just purchase a 2nd hand computer which doesn't have USB ports.

Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 6:45 am
by Ro@m
buy a good old serial keyboard? :huh:

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 5:17 am
by pikachu
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.

Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2004 10:22 am
by Interon
Are you running these games in Windows or pure DOS mode?

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:47 pm
by Ro@m
borrow a OLD SERIAL keyboard form your friend and try to play it with it

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 12:39 am
by pikachu
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 ;)

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:40 pm
by dr_st
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 3:27 pm
by Interon
Keyboard handling SHOULD be run through the BIOS.

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:42 am
by pikachu
JMS wrote:Keyboard handling SHOULD be run through the BIOS.
What exactly do you mean?

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 6:10 am
by Ro@m
Does it need to be serial? Isn't PS2 good enough
yusdt to be sure does it really work! :D

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 9:20 am
by Interon
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.