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Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-30, 21:42

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I think you will find that there is no evidence of any versions of MS-DOS between 5.0 and 6.0, so I have no idea what you had. haha so it is. I was pulling from ancient memories and thought for sure there was a .2 on there. I see in the timeline that DOS 6.0 didn't come out until 1993 so at least I …

Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)

Posted on 2020-07-30, 20:05

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in DOSBox Development

I simply forgot to remove/edit the corresponding text files. ;) I saw a repo in Github that was empty... Perhaps had content at one point. Is this your personal project, or is it open source? Asking because I'd be more than happy to open a PR to fix the documentation. I'm a professional engineer.

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-30, 20:02

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Are Windows 3.1 floppies marked as OEM vs. retail? Are there characteristics that would let you know if you were using one over the other? When I was a kid, in 1992 we bought a Packard Bell legend. It came with MS DOS 5.2 and Windows 3.1 disks. They were branded as "Packard Bell" so obviously they …

Re: Need Help Configuring Aztech Sound Card

Posted on 2020-07-28, 20:52

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I have the drivers for that model (and the one for I38-MMSN824, which is also a very common Aztech OEM card with no readily available drivers). ... VY212.RAR It appears these still have to be extracted in Win3.1 or 95? Or is there a DOS exe or com I'm not seeing? Would you possibly be able to share …

Re: DOSMid - an open-source MIDI player for DOS

Posted on 2020-07-28, 20:25

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in Release Announcements

This is excellent. This brings up an interesting subject I've wondered about. Did games around the mid 90s compose their OPL tracks as MIDIs? Meaning, does it make sense to write in MIDI form and use something like this to convert? I dabble with homebrew DOS games and haven't quite reached the …

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 18:08

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

cyclone3d wrote on 2020-07-26, 18:04: DOS 6.22 was released for free by MS on their ftp years ago. This wouldn't happen to be on the wayback machine would it? If so, is that a valid thing to use?

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 17:47

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in Marvin \ Software

darry wrote on 2020-07-26, 17:42: Doesn't Windows 3.1 come with a bundled copy of HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.exe ? It would have had to, considering it can run under DOS 3.1 which did not come with these files, AFAIK . That would be great. The goal is to work within the limitations of the agreements and …

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 17:46

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I would not be surprised to see Microsoft open-source newer versions of DOS (or the parts that they can) eventually, likely some time after UEFI-only machines (no CSM) have made it completely and irrevocably obsolete . See https://developer-tech.com/news/2018/oct/01/microsoft-open-source-msdos/ …

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 17:38

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

I have found retail copies on eBay of Windows 3.1 in big box PC form. What I'm not sure of is what the limitations are in installing it on a retro PC build. For instance, you'd need a copy of MS DOS 5+ to install it. One idea I had was to install it on FreeDOS using JEMU386 support. This stuff is …

Re: How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 17:23

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in Marvin \ Software

it's reasonable to expect Microsoft to litigate when MS products are being traded in a shifty grey market, let alone counterfeit products. I think thats logical. But I'm specifically talking about original disks from MS. Not counterfeit reproductions. Its the EULA / OEM that makes this a challenge. …

How can you obtain 100% legal copies of DOS and older versions of Windows?

Posted on 2020-07-26, 16:46

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

This might seem like an obvious "eBay" answer. But is it really? I didn't know until recently what OEM really means. Yes you can buy copies of DOS and Windows OEM, but I believe these were never meant for resale. Most listings I have seen are for OEM or "Upgrade". Which means you have to already …

Re: Pixel Pefect Patch issues DOSBox ECE r4356

Posted on 2020-07-25, 20:26

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-07-25, 09:14: With modern versions of ECE, try to use the pixel-perfect opengl shader instead : Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux) Also, FWIW Copy code to clipboard 1 [sdl] 2 output = openglnb 3 4 [render] 5 glshader = pixel_perfect Results in: Copy code to clipboard 1 …

Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)

Posted on 2020-07-25, 14:24

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in DOSBox Development

Quick question, I was referred here from my post in https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=75518 I'd like to understand why the latest ECE build gives directions for using "output=surfacepp" or "output=openglpp", but I'm getting errors when doing so. It appears things have changed and yet …

Re: Pixel Pefect Patch issues DOSBox ECE r4356

Posted on 2020-07-25, 14:18

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

With modern versions of ECE, try to use the pixel-perfect opengl shader instead : https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=876489#p876489 So I'm confused. The latest version of ECE says to use output. Why haven't they updated their documentation? FWIW, I'm a professional developer. If the ECE source …

Re: Gotek Floppy Emulator Woes! Please help :)

Posted on 2020-07-25, 01:42

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you ever get this sorted? I've had issues with larger USB sticks not working. Can you try one you know worked before? Also, the stock firmware is pretty crumby. If you have a USB serial interface, you can flash flashfloppy firmware. Then you just dump IMG files on the drive without needing the …

Pixel Pefect Patch issues DOSBox ECE r4356

Posted on 2020-07-25, 01:36

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

I'm trying my best to follow the instructions, but for some reason I cannot get "surfacepp" or "openglpp" to actually work. In the PATCHES.txt notes I see: + Patch for pixel perfect scaling, created by Ant_222 (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=49160) In the pixel perfect txt file i see …

Re: EMM386.EXE hangs on boot (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-19, 23:36

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Did you try EMM386.EXE RAM FRAME=D000 as kalohimal suggested ? It looks like EMM386 uses E000-Efff for the EMS page frame by default which could be part of motherboard BIOS shadow or on board NIC rom address. C000 is video so D000 is logical. Also try EMM386.EXE 8000 FRAME=D000 that would give 8Mb …

Re: EMM386.EXE hangs on boot (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-19, 19:58

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@intel486dx33 That is interesting. I actually had 2 sets of DOS floppy disks, but they are both 6.22. However, when trying to install the OS my disk #2 in set 1 stopped working. The odd part is they all have the same information. I wonder if the EMM386.EXE is somehow corrupt. Very frustrating in …

EMM386.EXE hangs on boot (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-19, 14:02

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Hi there all. Here's the specs of my recent build: Socket A Mobo (ASUS A7PRO) 700 MHz Athlon 256M RAM OS: Dos 6.22 I grabbed Phil's starter pack which I've used in the past on previous builds. The EMC portion of CONFIG.SYS is this: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM …

Expanded memory setting hangs (Phil's ms-dos starter pack)

Posted on 2020-07-18, 22:21

in Marvin \ Software

in Marvin \ Software

Hi there all. Here's the specs of my recent build: Socket A Mobo (ASUS A7PRO) 700 MHz Athlon 256M RAM OS: Dos 6.22 I grabbed Phil's starter pack which I've used in the past on previous builds. The EMC portion of CONFIG.SYS is this: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /TESTMEM:OFF DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM …

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