Bochs MS-Dos 7.1 machine try..

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by ruthan

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Hello, i tried to setup Bochs DOS machine. http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook/user/ Im able to install and make DOS 7.1 booting , but otherwise whole experience is not good. Its someone else able to setup really something useful with Bochs? My main problems: 1) I read documentations - but i …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 14:39

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One aspect I really like about retro-coding is the (usually) simpler build tools. No multi-module maven dependencies pulling in shit from various places and some random "DLL hell"-type issues, plugins for generating code from a WSDL (oh dear) or some other XSD, complicated configurations (even …

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Qemu DOS machine virtualization problems summary and maybe, maybe some solutions..

Posted on 2020-02-19, 13:55

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Introduction I spend some time with fiddling around Qemu DOS machine as other alternative to Dosbox,PCem, Vmware workstation, Virtual box.. to be honest, Qemu was for me always last change, because is not for me user friendly and i have not good experience with this project. Tts probably most …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-18, 19:35

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I these is low level coding, for me was always more interesting debugging of existing Dos programs.. Is someone here able to thing like Codeview or Insight to analyze some existing games or programs and find out why not working on some machines and even fix it? I saw few people can made some hexa …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-18, 16:46

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Ok.. from your point of view, what is better for return to C/C++ stuff. Use in in old Dos fashion way with DJGPP or use it with Windows with Dev-C++ / Visual Studio / Netbeans etc and after go back to Dos stuff?

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-18, 15:04

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I wonder if there is someone who is part of both worlds. Someone who is coding new apps in modern language like C#,Java, Python, PHP, Ruby on professional level (to exclude some simple webpages) etc.. and still is using low level C on Dos for some other work or hobby? Because such persons ideas …

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Re: Qemu On Windows - DOS machine - Keyboard arrows problem (double press detected)

Posted on 2020-02-18, 14:06

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Thanks for you effort.

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Re: Old+Modern videocards pure DOS benchmarking- which one is fastest?, need your numbers + analysis, 320x200 to 1600x12

Posted on 2020-02-18, 14:00

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I added Riva 128 AGP test on SS7 (i wanted this card for long time) - it has only old AGP interface so its not working on my more modern MBs. + Geforce 2 MX 400 on SS7 AGP + Core 2 - here results are quite good. Proper Geforce 2 would be probably better, but im still hunting for it.. I also added …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2020-02-18, 12:56

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I know its not whole package, but it thing that is still valid for this topic. Diderius6 made ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200 (on IBM T43 notebook) working with Win98! You need Vista 32 bit driver 10-2-mobile_legacy_vista32-64_dd_ccc_mod.exe magic line to add to inf file: "ATI MOBILITY FireGL V3200" = …

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Re: Qemu On Windows - DOS machine - Keyboard arrows problem (double press detected)

Posted on 2020-02-18, 12:50

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The cursor keys on the numeric keypad work correctly. I know i wrote that, but how to switch Numeric keyboard to actually work as number keys? If youcan compile Win QEMU, could you pleas compile DOS 4.2 with working sound for me? Re: QEMU 3Dfx Glide Pass-Through (WHPX/KVM works!!!)

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Re: Qemu On Windows - DOS machine - Keyboard arrows problem (double press detected)

Posted on 2020-02-17, 17:25

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Thanks, i tried File Wizzard and Dos Navigator and you are right in Norton Commander and command line (tested through history) its working fine.. but same binaries are working fine with real machine, Virtualbox and Vmware Dos machines, same in Dosbox.. So i dont believe that its some DJGPP bug, it …

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Re: Qemu On Windows - DOS machine - Keyboard arrows problem (double press detected)

Posted on 2020-02-17, 10:26

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How are you launching Qemu? I found this in this tutorial and adjusted with my disc images and network settings + en keyboard: https://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_MS-DOS_on_Qemu By this command form batch file: qemu-system-i386 -hda HDDs\SystemDos7-2GB.vmdk -hdb HDDs\DosData20G.vmdk -vga vmware -m …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 21:03

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RayeR wrote on 2020-02-16, 20:51: AFAIK no EXE, it's JS interpreter. It would be possible to make packer that glue whole DOJS and add a script in to run at start but probably no use case, it can be run by BAT file... Yeah its how i meant it, memory filesize would be probably huge, but memory …

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Qemu On Windows - DOS machine - Keyboard arrows problem (double press detected in some Filemanagers)

Posted on 2020-02-16, 20:59

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by ruthan

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Hello, i was trying wast QEMU for Windows (4.2) to try setup Dos machine on Win 10 1909, but im stuck on half working keyboard (arrows key press work as double press) its some way how to fix it? I have just vanilla Dos 7.1 install and its in every filemanager which i tried. Picture animated Gif ( …

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Re: I need help with SCSI setup - SS7 + Adaptec 39160.

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:45

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by ruthan

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I find that PCem suppors SCSI, so its nice way how to get some SCSI experience (i already did). I wonder if exist some Sata or IDE to SCSI adapters? Because otherwise real SCSI is not big deal (im tired of noise mechanical drivers) and there are fast PCI IDE controllers too. I only saw in some Phils …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-16, 19:41

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Thanks nice find.. i wonder if this can make standalone exe or its same as Python for Dos? I quickly read the description, but im not sure.

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Re: Help with PS/2 mouse header connection - wiring for SS7 MB.

Posted on 2020-02-14, 15:15

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by ruthan

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Thanks for info.. I forgot on this project, during experimenting i probably killed Keyboard port.. Do you think that its possible to repair it by some soldering and chip replacement? MB is booting, but keyboard is leds are only blinking and machine not register key presses.

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-12, 09:09

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I found that programming environment presentation link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MD-CgzODFWzdpnYXr8bEgysfDmb8PDV6iCAjH5JIvaI/edit#slide=id.g1da0625f1b_0_56 Lots of concepts are too high level even for me (but choice is nice) and point was to show that these things were here for very …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-11, 21:30

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That's fine when you're running on 2GHz+ processors with 4GB RAM. It isn't going to cut it on Pentium and older hosts. The overhead of all the programming guard rails is just too high. Especially in DOS, where you get (what's left of) what an 8086 could address. It not simply true, if we avoid …

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Re: Do the newest 3rd gen zen 2 ryzen's still have problems with dosbox?

Posted on 2020-02-05, 13:51

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Well, there is some czech Dosbox test, i there is no much info about setup + i assume vanilla Dosbox 0.72 and Windows 10, but Ryzen 2 numbers are very bad: https://pctuning.tyden.cz/ilustrace3/obermaier/amd_ryzen_2700x/dosbox.png // In legend is more is better.. Whole article: https://pctuning.tyden …

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