🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:26:09 -0700, jasc <ja.sc@free.fr> wrote:

>I got hooked on doom, actually the older versions doom1, 2 and
>ultimate and like all junkies I am in trouble now.
>I use Windows 98 with Microsoft Virtual PC and have an old gamepad
>compatible with the ps-2 keyboard entry (not the Sony PS2).

A PS/2 gamepad?  That's highly unusual - most gamepads tend to use the
MIDI or DA-15 port. 

>So far so good, but my old gamepad is
>broken now and playing with the keyboard directly is not funny.
>So far I could not find another one of these ps-2 gamepad. So here are
>my questions: are they still manufactured? Is there an alternative
>like usb-keyboard to usb gamepad adapter?

Closest I can find is the Nostromo n52.

If Virtual PC doesn't support USB gamepads, you can still download the
Doom sourceports (e.g. prBoom, ZDoom) - they're much more stable than
the original version and do away with various limitations in the
original engine.  

There's also a way to configre the keyboard so that it doesn't give
much hinderance.  Most common trick is 'e' and 'r' for strafe
left/right, but you can also use the kb+mouse combo.