Re: Run a Windows program from DOSBox

Posted on 2009-04-17, 23:05

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by danielc

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Yes indeed, I think you should read the documentation that came with your game. It will probably say it (or parts of it) require Windows 3.1 or something. U talkin about what I said IIGS_User?? (Virus thing) Coz my idea just involves mounting a temporary folder that's already empty, and the host …

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Re: Device Driver loaders... any working?

Posted on 2009-04-17, 22:57

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by danielc

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Create a ramdrive on your host OS and mount that. Good idea, however what i'm trying to create would like to be "inside" DOSBox 100% in order to make it cross-platform with as little hassle as possible - not just Windows/Linux either, I mean Symbian S60 and PSP aswell (where RAMdisk is not possible …

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Re: Device Driver loaders... any working?

Posted on 2009-04-17, 22:47

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by danielc

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you don't need a ramdrive. No, I don't NEED a computer and both arms either. But they are NICE to have... ...lol. Don't worry, I wasn't complaining. Just wondering if it's possible. I was wanting to have a scratch disk is all, purely temporary less-than 1024byte files with a lot of I/O, and I …

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Device Driver loaders... any working?

Posted on 2009-04-17, 21:53

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by danielc

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'ello people.... Well i'm wondering if someone knows of a device driver loader thing [an alternative to CONFIG.SYS's DEVICE(HIGH)= commands] that actually works in DOSBox, whether very well or even sometimes - everything I seem to try either causes DOSBox to freeze (usually for UMB/EMS loaded …

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Re: Run a Windows program from DOSBox

Posted on 2009-04-15, 14:01

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by danielc

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Oh yeah true. Make an AutoIt script or something like that to watch a folder for batch files, have that same folder mounted in DOSBox, and make DOSBox echo C:\path\to\program.exe>batfile.bat on that mounted folder... AutoIt see's it, runs it, BAM! DOSBox can automate the host PC. ....i might add …

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Re: Run a Windows program from DOSBox

Posted on 2009-04-14, 22:34

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by danielc

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Use HX DOS Extender within DOSBox.

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Re: Having trouble installing Software Toolworks Challenge Pack II

Posted on 2009-04-14, 03:42

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by danielc

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I downloaded and installed the shareware program and have 30 days to use it. Hopefully I can digitize my floppy collection by then. I'm sure there are more tools out there that can do the same thing, incase you do run out of time. I don't know too about that though - I own a copy of WinImage as it …

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Re: Having trouble installing Software Toolworks Challenge Pack II

Posted on 2009-04-13, 15:43

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by danielc

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Haha.... I was gonna say... I was totally spun out there.... WTF!! Software Toolsworks CD-ROM Challenge Pack II <> Software Toolworks Adventure Pack 😜 Did you figure out the Floppy one though...? I DID reply to THAT one.

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Re: Strange ALT+TAB bug

Posted on 2009-04-13, 13:26

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by danielc

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Haha.. i believe you are referring to STICKY keys and the other things from Accessibility in Control Panel.... ;) I have that on my checklist of things to do whenever I install an OS... "Turn off all Accessibility shortcut keys". Good call, but it's definately not that.... i've never had such a …

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Re: Strange ALT+TAB bug

Posted on 2009-04-13, 13:03

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by danielc

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You test Win7, Vista and XP on the same hardware, and had the same problem? Uhuh.... Win7 x64 with 'standard keyboard' driver coz of that wierd keymap issue (with the slashes and stuff), Vista 32-bit with default keyboard driver, and XP 32-bit with whatever it has.... ....eh I always blame Windows/ …

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Re: id software's Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny downloads

Posted on 2009-04-13, 04:41

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by danielc

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{clichemode}They don't make 'em like they used to. It's all about the special effects these days.{/clechemode} From the original poster rixasha I wouldn't buy any old games at all cause there isn't really a point. Ya I buy a game from steam download and they hardly work such as I have problems from …

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Re: Strange ALT+TAB bug

Posted on 2009-04-13, 04:29

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by danielc

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My hosts' graphics card....? It's a GeForce 9600GT. Yeah I am using the WDDM v1.1 Pre-release Forceware drivers, but since I started the thread I went and tested it in XP 32-bit too (which has 182.xx Forceware WHQL signed) - same thing happens. I think it might be my keyboard or mouse. It's very …

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Re: How do you mount floppy drives?

Posted on 2009-04-13, 04:08

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by danielc

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If the floppy image "floppy.img" resides in your DOSBox program folder (no hard-drive mounted)... imgmount a .\floppy.img -t floppy ...this doesn't need a C-drive mounted, it reads it straight from the host machines' DOSBox folder. Same goes for any images in IMGMOUNT. I don't know if -t floppy is …

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Strange ALT+TAB bug

Posted on 2009-04-13, 02:50

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by danielc

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I searched for this to see if anyone else reported it, but it's one of those things that isn't easily explained.... dunno if it's just my hardware configuration or if others are having it.... What happens is, say i'm just at the command prompt in DOSBox, if I ALT+TAB (or simply switch to another …

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Re: id software's Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny downloads

Posted on 2009-04-13, 02:43

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by danielc

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Keith03820, at least they bothered to even acknowledge the games they made from years ago that arn't even available for retail sale.... many companies will pretend they never existed because they're "more trouble then they're worth" so I think you're pretty lucky. In regards to DOSBox and the whole …

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Re: id software's Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny downloads

Posted on 2009-04-12, 13:19

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by danielc

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Ah yes... tis true. Such a bold and intricate project would've gotten absolutely nowhere (I might mention that the stuff I create is nowhere NEAR as cool or useful, thus no need for community input). Everything has its pro's and con's... as it is. Sierra... yeah.... they got really sour over the …

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Re: id software's Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny downloads

Posted on 2009-04-12, 13:09

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by danielc

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Isn't there a little mean cause company's like sierra and steam are using the creators of dosbox and selling the games and making a profit from it. Cause they could never make a old game work for windows so they have to rely on people that make it for them... Thats my own opinion. One of the …

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Re: Garbled graphics in GTA 1

Posted on 2009-03-23, 21:20

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by danielc

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What if i want to run not so old games like Arcanum or Sacrifice in a virtual environment nowadays? Both games need DirectX, i dont know if they need hardware acceleration. But if any game does need it, would they run at reasonable speed in a guest system under Virtualbox for example? Sacrifice …

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Re: Garbled graphics in GTA 1

Posted on 2009-03-23, 05:46

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by danielc

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Umm.... what!?!? LOL! Sorry. "Hardware 3D" exists in games that are 3D. "Old windows games" such as Quake and such did have Glide (3DFX) modes, and that was bleeding edge for its' time. Before that? No such thing as "hardware 3D" as we know it today. And by 'hardware 3D' i assume you simply mean …

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Re: VESA Games Performance - Guide?

Posted on 2009-03-21, 07:35

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by danielc

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Maybe, but Ken Silverman did actually "help out" with Redneck Rampage apparently.....

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