Re: Old Application problem

Posted on 2009-11-23, 14:10

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by ripsaw8080

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It might be using the command interpreter path to find the boot files. Try copying COMMAND.COM from the Z: drive to your mounted C: drive (where you put the dummy AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files), and then before running your app execute a command of: SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM

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Re: The case of the crazy mouse!

Posted on 2009-11-21, 19:35

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by ripsaw8080

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A joystick is probably good for flying, but maybe not so good for menu navigation. You can test it by setting joysticktype=none to see if the problem stops. However, you probably want to use a joystick, so make sure that its trim is as centered as possible, and that it's not too jittery in the …

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Re: Old Application problem

Posted on 2009-11-20, 09:31

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by ripsaw8080

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If I'm reading the code for that opcode correctly, the exception occurs under protected mode. Clipper was real mode only until sometime after Computer Associates acquired the rights from Nantucket, and linkers like Exospace (another CA acquisition) and later versions of Blinker stared offering pmode …

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Re: Old Application problem

Posted on 2009-11-19, 21:30

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by ripsaw8080

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@Qbix: I have no problems compiling or running Clipper apps with dynamic core; do you know what special conditions might exist to require the exception you speak of? Is it maybe the Clipper debugger or something that's not part of the standard Clipper libraries? I have tried Clipper Summer '87 and …

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Re: Want to use PC Speaker and not Sound Blaster in StarControl 1

Posted on 2009-11-19, 18:47

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by ripsaw8080

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Actually, Star Control's MT-32 option sounds fairly good with a standard GM device using an MT-32 patch remap. Can get away with it easier with StarCon because not much in the way of SysEx is done. At any rate, the OP said that the other sound options are "lame", and wants to use the speaker sound, …

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Re: Where to download dosbos 0.72 ?

Posted on 2009-11-19, 17:59

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by ripsaw8080

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It's a bug in Lands of Lore with certain types of CPUs. Either set cputype=386 in the DOSBox conf file, or download the version 1.23 patch for Lands of Lore that does not have the problem from http://www.patches-scrolls.de or similar site. Privateer works fine for me in 0.73. Anyway, you're better …

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Re: Want to use PC Speaker and not Sound Blaster in StarControl 1

Posted on 2009-11-19, 16:14

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by ripsaw8080

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The reason why the game sounds shitty in dosbox without /s:internal switch is cause it uses mt32 as defalut and official dosbox doesn't emulate it. If you use a sound device switch on the command line then there is no "default", so that is not why the speaker sounds bad. The game defaults to MT-32 …

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Re: Dungeon In High Res?

Posted on 2009-11-01, 13:09

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by ripsaw8080

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Alt-R to toggle the resolution.

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Re: Saved Games - Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Posted on 2009-10-28, 21:08

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by ripsaw8080

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You can hover the mouse pointer over various parts of the interface to see if something can be done there. See the attached pic. There's at least one easter egg that can be discovered by hunting around in the interface with the mouse pointer.

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Re: Redneck Rampage cd audio oddity

Posted on 2009-10-27, 06:00

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by ripsaw8080

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If you use the "8 track player" in the game's menu to switch between all the tracks, it becomes clear that only alternate tracks are playing in-game. The several minutes of silence is the length of the tracks that aren't heard. It only happens with IMGMOUNT or MOUNT -cdrom -ioctl_dx. The issue is in …

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Re: Amberstar installation and makechar

Posted on 2009-10-20, 10:08

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by ripsaw8080

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The installer reads the boot sector from the HD with INT 13 and looks for certain stuff in it. DOSBox fakes success of this kind of low-level access on the HD because a few games use it as a test, however it does not go so far as to create simulated contents of the boot sector. Booting real DOS with …

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Re: DOS games with tracker music

Posted on 2009-10-16, 22:13

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by ripsaw8080

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A few that haven't been mentioned yet: The Horde, Iron Seed, Stardust, Super Stardust, Yo! Joe! A couple of games featuring tracker music that are sort of crossovers from the demoscene: Axia, Xixit

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Re: System Shock Crashes with Error in 0.73

Posted on 2009-10-16, 21:52

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by ripsaw8080

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Typing "install.bat" all in lower-case worked in 0.72, but it no longer works in 0.73; that's why I don't tell people to do that now. For the %0 operator, DOSBox now includes the path of the batch file and drives it all into upper-case. AFAIK, there's no way to make System Shock's batch file happy …

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Re: System Shock Crashes with Error in 0.73

Posted on 2009-10-16, 19:26

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by ripsaw8080

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Thanks for making it clear you were using an image from the beginning... I finally managed to snag a CD hard copy of System Shock on eBay. C:\ mount d F:\ -t cdrom 😒 @Qbix: A regular ISO would work fine for the game, as it has no audio tracks.

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Re: System Shock Crashes with Error in 0.73

Posted on 2009-10-16, 18:56

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by ripsaw8080

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Works for me with DOSBox 0.73. Try using a default config. If that doesn't help, please list all the commands you are using exactly as you type them.

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Re: System Shock Crashes with Error in 0.73

Posted on 2009-10-16, 18:44

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by ripsaw8080

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Don't change folders with "CD INST", stay in the root of the CD and run "INST\INITIAL.EXE", just like the batch file does.

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Re: Duke Nukem 3-D Anaglyph Sterescopic Glasses Support

Posted on 2009-10-13, 07:25

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by ripsaw8080

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http://www.rainbowsymphonystore.com/3dglasses.html

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Re: 40 Column Text Mode Issues

Posted on 2009-10-12, 17:30

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by ripsaw8080

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Not sure of your use of the word "hue", as DOSBox has a way to change the hue in composite mode; however I think you're referring to differences in palette. It's a bit strange to think of mode 6 (monochrome) as having a palette, but you can change its foreground and background color. DOSBox's …

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Re: Can't Get Wibarm To Run - Details provided this time.

Posted on 2009-10-08, 10:46

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by ripsaw8080

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There is some evidence in the game code that PCjr is directly supported. The BIOS signatures of F000:C000=0x21 (Tandy) or F000:FFFE=0xFD (PCjr) will cause the WIBARM.JR program overlay to be loaded, however the machine ID of 0xFD will cause the game to use different keyboard scancodes than the Tandy …

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Re: Can't Get Wibarm To Run - Details provided this time.

Posted on 2009-10-07, 19:32

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by ripsaw8080

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Are you sure this is a bug? Don't know if it's a bug; the PCjr might not be directly supported, although some of the game's file extensions seem to suggest that it is. Mobygames says Tandy/PCjr in the specs, but could be inaccurate. The problem with memory is not the amount, but whether or not it …

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