"Nel" > wrote in message
...
> Has anyone ever got one of these working using a gameport to USB adapter?
A
> (PC newbie) friend of mine got one from Ebay, but could not get it working
> under XP. Tried to scour the internet for XP compatible drivers to no
> avail.
>
> No problem, I thought. I'll just stick a copy of Windows 98SE on a
separate
> partition, load the drivers from the CD supplied and he can use the 98
> partition for all his gaming needs. Unfortunately it still wasn't
> recognised in the control panel despite tinkering with every option
> imaginable!
>
> The wheel works OK on a PC with a gameport as he set it up no problem on
his
> father-in-laws machine. However, like many modern machines, the gameport
is
> now omitted :-(
>
> Any ideas?
>
> TIA
>
>

buy a gameport or a soundcard with a gameport ? you can get pci sound cards
for about £5 these days.