Re: DOSBox does not obey aspect=true
Posted on 2023-11-14, 15:54
1200x900 is not a standard resolution. Try 1280x960 or 1152x864 which are the closest that are actually supported by drivers and hardware.
Re: GoG Dosbox - resolution setting and 2x vs 3x scalers
Posted on 2023-11-14, 15:40
Is the desktop resolution and dpi setting the same on both systems?
Re: Altering Windows 3.1 System Settings (Such as Display Resolution/Color Depth) via Batch File
Posted on 2023-11-14, 15:37
weedeewee wrote on 2023-11-11, 18:44: fyi, even the windows registry is a file. It's a database, stored in several files, but we are not supposed to edit those files directly, only through the API.
Re: Creative AWE64 driver for Win2k
Posted on 2023-11-04, 17:04
Have you tried installing NT4 drivers? I did. Tried using the NT4 MIDI driver as well as the NT4 AWE Control Panel. Didn't work. So I actually tried this on XP. The drivers do work, including MIDI (they need to be manually selected in device manager from the WINNTDRV\ENGLISH folder on the CD (not …
Re: ASCII issue in DOS 7.1?
Posted on 2023-10-28, 14:51
edit.com from DOS 6.22 is significantly different from edit.com included with Windows 95 and 98. Essentially, the 6.22 one runs qbasic in a special editor-only mode. It also doesn't support long file names, even with DOSLFN and such. On the other hand, an unmodified edit.com from Windows 9x is a …
Re: Warcraft 1 like: Polans (Polanie) English language version
Posted on 2023-10-05, 06:32
Gmlb256 wrote on 2023-10-04, 19:02: I don't get why some people like those filters with low resolution stuff, looks terrible to my taste. It's fun to play with filters once in a while, then switch that gimmick off 😉
Re: DOSBOX status for linux in 2023?
Posted on 2023-09-04, 21:26
Edit: And last version does not reflect the huge amount of work that had gone into the code. Current code is miles away from the releases Will we ever see that huge amount of work in an official release? At this point the latest official release is basically a legacy product compared to forks, of …
Re: DOS/Windows 3.11 (WFW) CDROM Sound Issues
Posted on 2023-09-02, 05:46
LadyAIluros wrote on 2023-08-27, 21:19: I have the cable going from the analog out on the back of the drive to the correct pins on the sound card. It is one of the ones that has extra plastic on the connectors to make sure it goes in right. There was more than one standard of these cables, so it …
Re: Do/es this HW support VBE?
Posted on 2023-08-02, 21:29
This "compatibility layer" is badly broken and / or missing entirely from "modern" video card bioses / firmware. Theoretically, it should be not very complicated to add it back in via TSR, if necessary on those modern broken cards. (eg, all modern core i3/i5/i7 vbioses and all AMD Ryzen onboard …
Re: The 24-bit (or RGB888) color format
Posted on 2023-08-02, 21:06
I had a Cirrus Logic card with 24-bit support in early 1995. With just 1 MB it could only support 640x480 in 24-bit mode, with no double buffering, Windows 3.11. Yup, exactly that. Was going to add that usually you use XRGB modes, not ARGB, so the top 8 bits are don't care. But you already added it. …
Re: Freeing memory in DOS (Win 98) (Specifically Betrayal at Krondor)
Posted on 2023-08-02, 00:10
Another suggestion: replace DOS=HIGH,UMB,AUTO with DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO . This would avoid loading IFSHLP.SYS automatically and save some memory unless you want to start Windows 98 as intended. This is why for best results one should have a [MENU] section in config.sys, with one or more menu items …
Re: USB Floppy Drive not recognised
Posted on 2023-07-29, 15:02
DOSBox does not have automatic access to physical drives (and it shouldn't have). You need to use the mount command. https://www.dosbox.com/wiki/MOUNT
Re: Using a USB keyboard with a PS/2 or AT port
Posted on 2023-07-25, 19:58
That's a very interesting project, now I need to order a Pico or two 😉 About those lock LEDs not supported yet - do you think it'll require any extra wiring and components, or it's just a firmware thing?
Re: Motherboard with ps/2 keyboard connector somewhat broken.
Posted on 2023-07-19, 19:03
danieljm wrote on 2023-07-19, 18:57: The only suggestion I can offer is to look carefully at the components on the motherboard near the PS/2 connector. See if anything looks like it’s burnt out or anything. Or maybe it's just the connector that went bad.
Re: Heretic in 640x480?
Posted on 2023-07-18, 15:24
leileilol wrote on 2023-07-18, 07:13: Chocolate is a strict 320x200 buffer. There's Crispy DOOM (DOOM II/Heretic/Hexen) that is Chocolate's fork and it works in 640x400 by default.
Re: Was there ever really an MS-DOS 6.23, 6.24 or 6.25 or is it an urban myth?
Posted on 2023-07-17, 22:40
I dont think there was officially any newer then 6.22, but Im pretty sure there was a version of 7.0 without windows 95 floating around in around 1994 that was on a few pirate cd's around that time. Any "standalone" DOS 7.x was most probably an unofficial/pirated distro made out of specific Windows …
Re: Was there ever really an MS-DOS 6.23, 6.24 or 6.25 or is it an urban myth?
Posted on 2023-07-17, 14:59
People where officially being introduced to USB, DOS 7.1 and FAT32 with the release of Windows 98/98SE. Similarly to how many people thought Vista was the first 64-bit Windows version, not knowing that x64 version of XP Pro existed, or that 32-bit versions continued to be released up to and …
Re: new Windows 2000 fan project writes drivers for modern hardware
Posted on 2023-07-16, 17:36
Laser wrote on 2023-07-15, 12:39: I want new drivers for winxp instead windows 2000 specially new video drivers for recent nvidia gfx cards Isn't XP compatible with 2K drivers?
Re: How relevant is SSE context switching for DOS?
Posted on 2023-07-16, 13:29
I don't know if compilers or assemblers that can target DOS could be configured to actually generate some SSE/AVX instructions so it could be experimented somehow... I don't know if SSE instructions are even possible in 16-bit code, but as far as 32-bit code is concerned, assemblers typically don't …
Re: are you rocking an E-ATX mobo?
Posted on 2023-06-18, 10:05
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-06-17, 18:57: These boards are usually painful to cable manage, because all or nearly all maintenance holes are blocked by motherboard PCB. By "cable management" you mean the current fad of "let's hide all the cables as much as possible, making it harder to do any …
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