Re: A few questions about DOSBox

Posted on 2013-03-05, 18:46

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by kolano

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(3) Dosbox lacks developers. Developers lacks time. But you and everyone else can always join the dosbox team and release a new 'stable' (recommended) release or at least a recommended SVN download version every few months and help all dosbox users solving any problems with those new versions if …

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Re: Long file name support

Posted on 2013-03-05, 18:43

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Dominus wrote: Use Virtualbox and install XP in it. Is there an XP mode in W8? The free "XP Mode" from Windows 7 id no longer available for Windows 8, so yeah, for non-paid options Virtualbox /w an XP install is likely the best bet.

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Re: Bochs with voodoo card

Posted on 2013-02-27, 20:01

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Hrm, from the recent Java port... " Added support for 3dfx Ported from MAME Multi-threaded pure software implementation Configurable memory options Supports Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2, currently only Voodoo 1 works in Win95/98 Disabled by default because it requires PCI support which breaks loading OS's …

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Re: Yo! Joe!

Posted on 2013-02-27, 19:56

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I think the DOSBox-x build may implement a HDC, not clear if it provides FDC support.

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Re: Nascar Racing 2 - DOS Glide

Posted on 2013-02-26, 16:58

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by kolano

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Are you using the internal 3dfx emulation or a wrapper?

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Re: Bochs with voodoo card

Posted on 2013-02-26, 16:55

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Dasher wrote: The emulation is currently slow, but we intend to clean up and optimize the code. Running the 3D engine in a separate thread is also planned. Hopefully DOSBox will be able to consume some of the updates they plan.

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-22, 05:43

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One more for the pile, related to Covox emulation. A few games (Ortotris, perhaps others) apparently support multiple Covox devices (i.e. on LPT1+LPT2), which DOSBox doesn't support.

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Re: disk error

Posted on 2013-02-19, 20:01

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/SSI-Wizard-s-Crown-19 … =item2a23f26788

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-19, 02:57

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At least one other area of games hardware DOSBox doesn't yet support would be the various 3d glasses setups, such as Cybershades 3d as covered by LGR here... http://retrowaretv.com/lazy-game-reviews-cybershades-3d-glasses/ ...would be nice to output such to formats compatible with modern 3d TVs …

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-10, 04:23

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GUS Max emulation really means emulating a Windows Sound Standard chipset, and I can't think of a game that will support WSS or GUS Max that does not support SB16. The question would be do they support SB16+MT32 or SB16+GM. The primary reason for selecting GUS sound is to get better music. I'd like …

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Re: Fable (1996) Issues

Posted on 2013-02-10, 04:12

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like I said it works just crashes at random times for no reason, and I'm not entirely sure if I can set the ram above 64mb? You can't in the official DOSBox, but in Yhkwong's version and some others a patch is applied that allows for larger RAM settings. I've generally found DOSBox's mounting …

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 21:12

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One other bit of old DOS tech we fail to emulate would be MPEG decoder cards. There are a variety of ReelMagic games we can't play, and likely a few titles from similar less popular MPEG decoders.

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Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era

Posted on 2013-02-09, 21:06

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tincup wrote: In 1993 'Super-VGA Harrier' was one of the first 640 SVGA games/sims - I've read it was the first. Not the first, per comments above there were SVGA releases, some even supporting 800x600, back in 1991-2.

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Re: XWing Collector's CD-Rom Configuration

Posted on 2013-02-09, 21:02

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You can disable Disney Sound Source emulation. You may want the IPX emulation, if you want to try network play at any point. You might want cycles=max (I forget if XWing has "too fast" issues with such, but I think it's OK), or to a specific value (10000-50000), rather than auto, which can sometime …

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Re: What do you think what kind of info the modern WWW has been missing?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 17:02

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RoyBatty wrote: Old game patches, so many just disappeared from BBS's and the Net, Compuserve, etc... Thankfully many are archived at Patches Scrolls. You'd be surprised at how many archives of content exist out there as well, though numerous bits of content must have gone missing.

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Re: Early dual/triplehead gaming?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 16:42

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Back in the G400 era, Matrox had some early support for spanning monitors on Windows desktops, but I don't think it provided spanning resolutions to games. I am interested in a list of apps that support the secondary Hercules display, which includes certain versions of Mechwarrior I believe, but I'm …

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 16:30

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A wide variety of games still fail for various reasons, for instance "Town with No Name". Not the best example. A fix for Town With No Name , and Psycho Killer by same developer, was put into SVN almost two years ago (revision 3682 ). Only works with IMGMOUNT, though. Hrm, now that I try again, …

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Re: what does DOSBOX still do imperfectly?

Posted on 2013-02-09, 04:41

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There's still lot's to do... -Gravis emulation is lacking, as I believe only the Gravis Ultrasound is emulated but not the Gravis Ultrasound Max, so 22khz sound only for GUS. -3dfx emulation still has a ways to go. -Some older SVGA setups can be better emulated, for instance the screen saver Rave …

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Re: Early games w/higher resolution than normal for era

Posted on 2013-02-09, 04:30

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Let's see... Scorched Earth: Supported some SVGA resolutions in 1991 (though I don't think the higher resolutions beyond 640x480 were available till it's 1995 release) Tilt! Pinball: Supported 800x600x8 SVGA in 1992 ...I'd likely have a few more to list, but post a harddrive failure I've only gotten …

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Re: What do you think what kind of info the modern WWW has been missing?

Posted on 2013-02-08, 22:29

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leileilol wrote: You mean like PCGamingWiki? I'd think he means like that, but with a more complete complement of DOS games and their DOSBox issues. With only 763 entries and only 16 DOS titles, it provides fairly shallow coverage of PC gaming. There are many thousands just of DOS games.

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