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First post, by nachiketh

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Hi,
This is my first post here, so I hope i'm not being naive 😵
I wanted to know how Dosbox actually works, i'm currently using Dosbox to run a win32 application from my Ubuntu machine and it works like a charm. The application I'm using uses the Serial Port to interface with a remote modem, I wanted to know how is this achieved on DosBox.
Cheers! 😁

Reply 3 of 4, by nachiketh

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IIGS_User wrote:

How do you run a Windows 32-bit application from within DOS(Box)?

Its an .exe which runs on Windows, its not actually a Windows 32-bit application. Its a DOS application which makes MSDN calls internally. Hope i'm being clear 😕 apologies for the misunderstanding earlier as my assumption was wrong

collector wrote:

DOSBox is for DOS games. Wouldn't WINE be more suited to your needs?

WINE does nor serve my purpose as its not a Windows application, but a DOS application which runs on Windows. The following error is what I get:

winevdm: Cannot start DOS application Z:\dos\c\T176.exe
because the DOS memory range is unavailable.
You should install DOSBox.

Reply 4 of 4, by vytra

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nachiketh wrote:

Hi,
I wanted to know, how Dosbox actually application I'm using uses the Serial Port to interface with a remote modem, I wanted to know how is this achieved on DosBox.

- - You must find DOSBox option, then you have to find the "serial ports" and change, say on COM1:

Serial1 = directserial RealPort: COM1

good luck!

😊