flofauth

Hi everybody I have installed tie fighter on a windows XP laptop (running well, no sound problems but only in low res)and I would like to use a proper joystick instead of ruining my trackpoint. Unfortunately I have only USB ports for a joystick to use and this does not work. Is anyone aware of any patch or possibility to emulate a traditional com-port joystick or let tie fighter accept usb-sticks? thank you in advance flofauth