Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-30, 17:56
Glad to be of some help!
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-30, 11:57
It is not safe to use disk utilities (such as scandisk or defrag) on the image in DOSBox emulation: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=117084#p117084 I would delete the disk image copy which was modified by any disk utility. It is also a good practice to keep a backup copy of the Tower disk …
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-29, 17:58
Thank you for the excellent recommendations. I think the nice advantage of FS4 and FS5 is that the propeller aircraft can be controlled with a keyboard. The jet aircraft in FS5 seem a bit more difficult to handle with the keyboard only. The use of flat textures also holds up better.
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-29, 10:11
That is wonderful news! :) I am very glad that you have the sim working since it is one of a kind. I believe it also allows a connection to one fs5.1 client via the serial emulation, although it may not be an essential feature. I recall the sim has a readme about it and the use of share.exe to …
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-28, 23:29
I would make a copy of the Tower disk image as a backup. Then I would use the copy and imgmount it like done previously, but this time allow access to the Windows directory for W31 where the sound works (DOSBox would start in a local directory, along with a subdirectory for Windows). It should be …
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-28, 15:04
Glad to help. :) It is possible to transfer the files by OSFMount, given it is compatible with the host OS. I believe there is another software that has the transfer function, too. The other way is to start DOSBox by the mount command on a local directory with the sb2 files, along with mounting the …
Re: How to run BAO Tower?
Posted on 2023-04-28, 13:45
Does BAO Tower rely on the SB16 CSP device which is not emulated in DOSBox? The voice from the tower works from a bootable W31 image. I tested with ems=false, umb=true, xms=true, sbtype=sb2. Autoexec.bat is empty file. Config.sys has two lines only: device=c:\setver.exe device=c:\himem.sys The SB …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-04-23, 14:31
Attached is code to implement a gamma level modifier in the 3dfx Voodoo emulation (non-opengl software path only), as in DOSBox-X. It likely requires manual application of the patch since it was formed in a modified build. It also has a feature that implements a gamma level for non-3dfx cases where …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-04-18, 12:41
A multithreaded version of the software rendering path in the 3dfx Voodoo 1 emulation patch is compatible with DOSBox-X: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1099414#p1099414 It has different code for the PCI emulation, but it is not difficult to adapt. It requires moving lines of code while not …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-04-14, 06:05
I am testing the recent patch for an increased baud rate on a serial port. Since it may affect the modem emulation: static Bitu INT14_Handler(void) { .. switch (reg_ah) { case 0x00: { ... Bitu baudrate = 9600; uint16_t baudresult; Bitu rawbaud=(Bitu)reg_al>>5; if (rawbaud==0){ baudrate=110;} ... …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-04-02, 19:37
The RISC-V CPU based Linux system would be an interesting target to support: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/STAR64
Re: Is it Possible to install a 1996, 3.5", 3 disk Generic CAD Program into DOSBox?
Posted on 2023-03-20, 00:02
As mentioned, a particular DOS based CAD package (dependent on fpu) may specify the fpu precision level at a lower level. For some or all of the non-x86 host systems, it should be possible to add a log statement in the DOSBox code to record the fpu mode as it is set and reset with regard to …
Re: Good DosBox on tablets?
Posted on 2023-02-07, 01:07
Retroarch has another port of DOSBox for Android: https://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/dosbox-pure/ https://docs.libretro.com/library/dosbox_pure/ I haven't tested this qemu port for Android: https://virtualmachinery.weebly.com/ https://github.com/limboemu/limbo https://www.reddit.com/r/ …
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-01-27, 14:50
There is a pull request "Sync dh fpu state with normal fpu": https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/pull/3965 ... I'm the author of this patch. There is more discussion on this issue in dosbox-staging repo https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/2248 With the recently submitted …
Re: Where do you source your old software from? What sources are safe?
Posted on 2023-01-27, 13:42
Compile OpenBSD after viewing its source code. Install on hardware that is relatively secure, such as Raspberry Pi or IBM PC 8088. Connect to internet by modem.
Re: epub reader for win 98
Posted on 2023-01-27, 13:31
Test with newer versions of Emacs for Windows to find the most recent compatible version with your operating system and CPU architecture: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html Another epub reader with very basic functionality - depends on Emacs version 24.4 or later: https://github.com/ …
Re: epub reader for win 98
Posted on 2023-01-25, 18:14
Emacs is a cross-platform client with the potential to read epub files. The client has support for Lisp libraries, such as for reading epub and pdf files.
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2023-01-25, 08:29
There is a pull request "Sync dh fpu state with normal fpu": https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/pull/3965 "...fixes the fpu state out of sync problem when dynamic core calls normal core to handle self modification code." On testing the latest commits in the above patch with core=dynamic, …
Re: Allegro devs - timers causing exe to crash?
Posted on 2022-12-31, 01:11
One test is to run dosbox-x configured with normal core and segment limits active. It should log the segment limit events. If the segment limit checking is on cs/ds, then another option is to link against hdpmi, if possible, or test with djgpp_nearptr_enable.
Re: DOSBox-X branch
Posted on 2022-12-19, 05:36
Link to recent commit "core_dyn_x86: Don't use 64-bit registers for pushl. Found this bug through another patch in the FreeBSD ports tree." https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/commit/680364e3ee092fb456d68a4ad575facad29e8bed The original code had a r egister constraint of "r" as shown below. …
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