O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-09, 23:37

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by Paolo_R

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I realise this is may be considered off-topic but I am curious as to how DOSBox represents Expanded memory (EMS). I use DOSBox to run Javelin, a financial modelling application for which the availability of, and access to, memory significantly impacts the size of model that can be developed i.e. …

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Re: Full Screen Issue

Posted on 2011-03-04, 02:10

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I know that Virtual PC 2004 with Additions can run full screen in XP. However it's not a big deal - I was just curious. Thanks

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Full Screen Issue

Posted on 2011-03-04, 00:40

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A bit puzzled by this one: I can run DOSBox in full screen mode in 'native' XP and on Windows 7. However in Windows 7 XP mode , although the options files are identical in all 3 instances, DOSBox shows up as a small window in the screen - there seems no way to get it to 'fill' the whole screen. Is …

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Re: Version 0.74 (Official release) and MB5

Posted on 2010-09-24, 23:33

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by Paolo_R

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Thank you for the clarification.

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Re: Version 0.74 (Official release) and MB5

Posted on 2010-09-24, 23:27

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I am, of course, very happy that it is a free application, and a great one, as I have said. I take it your answer to my question is 'no'?

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Version 0.74 (Official release) and MB5

Posted on 2010-09-24, 21:36

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Judging by a number of posts here (including my own) the ability to print from DOSBOX seems reasonably common. Are there any plans to merge the MB5 'experimental' printing facilities with an 'official' release? I know the usual response is that DOSBOX is for gamers, and gamers don't need printing …

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Re: Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-30, 21:25

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It appears that the problem was an unneeded colon. "net use lpt1 \\hp_laptop\hp3100 /persistent:yes" did the trick. I had previously had "net use lpt1: \\hp_laptop\hp3100 /persistent:yes" So this worked for me: (a) installed DOSBOX Megabuild 5 (b) added "parallel1=file dev:LPT1" to the config file …

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Re: Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-30, 01:44

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Here's what happened. Set up printer share as HP3100 From 'My Computer' -> Properties -> Computer name -> Full computer name: HP_Laptop In CMD window: net use LPT1:\\HP_Laptop\HP3100 /persistent:yes results in: "System error 67 has occurred. The network name cannot be found" Not sure what to do next …

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Re: Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-28, 07:32

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That's great. I'll substitute my computer name and see what happens. Thanks

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Re: Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-28, 07:15

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Thanks. I'm not actually using a network. The printer would be a 'local' printer physically attached to the laptop computer on which I'm running DOSBOX. So I'm not sure how to proceed. Or are we talking about setting the printer as a share? I see I can share the printer a give it a share name. For …

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Re: Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-28, 04:14

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Thanks for that. What I did was open the Properties for my printer in XP Control Panel. In the Port tab, I enabled Printer Pooling and checked LPT1 (it already had USB Port checked.) I've added 'parallel1=file dev:LPT1' to the config file. When I try and print (via LPT1) from the DOS application I …

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Printing (sigh!)

Posted on 2010-07-26, 23:23

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I'm new to DOSBOX but I realise this topic has been raised many times but I've RTFM, searched the forum topics and downloaded DOSBOX Megabuild 5, but I'm still not sure how to set up printing. I'm running DOSBOX on Win XP Pro. The DOS software I'm running has options to print to LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, …

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Re: Screen Lines/Cols

Posted on 2010-07-23, 09:58

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OK, I see what you mean. From what you suggest, I deduce that there is no such facility in DosBOX. Thanks

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Re: Screen Lines/Cols

Posted on 2010-07-23, 07:36

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I've no doubt that FreeDOS has a mode command. My question related to DosBOX.

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Screen Lines/Cols

Posted on 2010-07-23, 02:52

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DOSBOX defaults to an 80 x 25 text screen. Is it possible to change this, say, to 80 x 40, thus emulating the MODE CON command?

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Re: Emulate CONFIG.SYS?

Posted on 2010-06-02, 06:15

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DOSBox has support for ANSI codes built in; it's an "always on" feature that doesn't have to be enabled (or disabled) in the settings. Just set the 4DOS ColorDir environment variable to your taste, and you're good to go. Wunderbar! Many thanks for the clarifications. Is there a document somewhere …

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Re: AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS emulation.

Posted on 2010-06-02, 04:09

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Thanks for the explanation. So you have enough free memory even without all these DOS memory management shenanigans of unhappy memory. Ah, but it's great nostalgic fun! 😁

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Re: AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS emulation.

Posted on 2010-06-02, 04:05

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by Paolo_R

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I've got Clarion working but in Virtual PC2004.

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Re: Emulate CONFIG.SYS?

Posted on 2010-06-02, 04:03

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I've been playing around with 4DOS and I want to use the coloured directory listings feature, which requires ANSI.SYS (which I have). I can't load CONFIG.SYS in a XP command window or, as far as I'm aware, in DOSBOX, so I was launching DOSBOX and then starting 4DOS inside DOSBOX. Since DOSBOX can …

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Emulate CONFIG.SYS?

Posted on 2010-06-01, 05:29

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I know that AUTOXEC.BAT can be emulated in the [autoexec] section of dosbox.conf, but what about CONFIG.SYS? I want to load ANSI.SYS which would normally require a device=ANSI.SYS line in CONFIG.SYS. Can I do this in DosBox?

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