How to check out what an interrupt or port does?

Posted on 2016-11-24, 13:07

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I am about to compile a stripped down version of bochs, in which I just trap and dump all interrupts and port activities. Having said that, how can I tell what they do without looking at their technical specs? Thanks Jack

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How to package the windows explorer of xp?

Posted on 2016-11-19, 13:12

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I am using the Turbo Studio software, I watch some online tutorials on how to go about packaging an application. The method is to capture the settings before and after the application is installed and copy the difference to the package. I am wondering if I want to package the windows xp shell. Is it …

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Messing around with vmpeg in dosbox

Posted on 2016-11-01, 10:24

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by lucky7456969

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When I played back the video copied from xing31 (test.mpg), it could finish till the end, but at the last frame, an error popped up which says "unexpected startcode 00000000 in system layer" What was going on? Thanks Jack

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Overlaying a Watcom C++ extended DOS program?

Posted on 2016-10-25, 07:44

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I wonder how I can overlay a watcom C++ extended dos program easily. This program I've got on hand (some program I worked for my previous employer) use some special designated data file to drive the display. And I don't have anymore. Very alike hooking, I want to divert the display module of it to …

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[Litestep] Replacing xtaskbar with ntask?

Posted on 2016-10-22, 03:42

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I have a doubt about directly replacing xtaskbar with ntask.... My goal is to run litestep 64bit with ease. I cannot compile the xtaskbar module, it's just too difficult, so I just gave up.. The xtaskbar has the following options.... how can I change those to ntask options.... I really can't find …

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Re: Tubworld only got half the screen

Posted on 2016-10-05, 10:57

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Okay, I know how to fix Copy code to clipboard 1 doublescan=true

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Tubworld only got half the screen

Posted on 2016-10-05, 10:32

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by lucky7456969

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I have compiled the latest version of ykhwong build of dosbox lately. There is strange thing happening, when I start games like tubworld, or Windows 95 I only got half the screen, the lower half falls below the bottom of the display. I compiled another version before. The only difference is the new …

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What scientific calculator simulator do you use?

Posted on 2016-10-03, 05:25

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I just find the windows built-in one completely dumb... It is capable of doing anything. But just way too unintuitive..... Could you recommend any? Thanks Jack

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Why explorer.exe so special?

Posted on 2016-09-21, 08:51

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I've tried several things to make it a standalone program. 1) changed the imagebase from 0x10000000 to 0x400000 2) removed all manifests by resource hacker 3) renamed the file itself. But it still calls itself a explorer.exe inside the task manager. What's so special about it? Why so persistent? BTW …

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Problem with debugging a watcom 386 application

Posted on 2016-09-15, 12:44

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by lucky7456969

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I've got a buggy program to debug with dosbox. When the code is working on the display, it pollutes the debugger screen, and I can't see what is going on, I am using the wd.exe debugger on dosbox. Are there any better techniques I can use to debug this application/game? Thanks Jack

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How to emulate PCDOS in dosbox?

Posted on 2016-09-03, 19:05

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For some reason, I need dosbox to run as a PCDOS system, how is it possible to make dosbox work like a PCDOS machine? Thanks Jack

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Re: Could anyone recommend some pc games for girls?

Posted on 2016-07-27, 02:33

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Thanks guys, I am looking into modern pc games. However, the steam engine seems appealing. The pretty large number of games on that site... Let me check that out. Thanks Jack

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Could anyone recommend some pc games for girls?

Posted on 2016-07-26, 10:09

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Could anyone recommend some pc games for girls? - 7 years old. PC games.

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Putting dosbox inside a virtual desktop

Posted on 2016-07-19, 13:57

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I've got several V Desktops in my machine, each running a different OS. Except I can't load a dosbox in a Virtual Desktop, The problem is I can't easily switch between the host and dosbox, When dosbox is in fullscreen mode, the mouse is locked The host doesn't know even when I move the mouse to the …

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Re: How to change delayed-load imports from CFF explorer?

Posted on 2016-06-26, 04:41

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Anyone knows about how to play around with the Import Reconstructor as well. As I was dumping out the IAT for kernel32.dll, I get some invalid entries. I don't know if they are the same case here? http://reverseengineering.stackexchange.com/q … unks-seem-valid

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How to change delayed-load imports from CFF explorer?

Posted on 2016-06-25, 06:27

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I can't seem to find any options to do this task... any work around this? I want to change some delayed-load import names in some other dlls. Any ideas? Thanks Jack

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Dos Client connecting to Novell 3.12 server.

Posted on 2016-06-17, 07:18

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When I ran the command netx332p /PS=SERVER01 I got shell-332-21 I dig out a bit in the net, I found that novell uses ETHERNET FRAME 802.3 But my novell server is using ETHERNET FRAME 802.2 I don't know why ETHERNET FRAME 802.3 is for Novell servers 802.2 is just LLC frames I just didn't know why …

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Extracting/Grabbing all the urls from a forum

Posted on 2016-06-14, 06:36

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I want to scrap a certain site info that I can make use of later. I know I can take the url of each page and feed it into JDownloader. But if the forum is huge, with pages 1-1000, how can I extract all the links that I need easily? Thanks Jack

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Re: Would you think education is a business in today's world?

Posted on 2016-05-29, 14:18

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A true story being told, that in a local university in my area, a professor was forced to produce a fake transcript for his doctorate qualifications because the university wanted to go up with their rank at some well known chartered ranking organization, so they can sell more of their degrees in the …

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Would you think education is a business in today's world?

Posted on 2016-05-29, 13:45

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I just had enough, can't resist, let me express myself.... In my age, I studied university because I wanted to expand my knowledge and contributing to the society when I graduated. But in my place, hong kong, or any other places in the world, universities just keep wanting to raise their so-called …

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