Oh yeah, and any other information that would be helpful that I have not posted here, let me know, and I'll do my best to dig it up.

The current version of DOSBOX is not 0.61..

Mirek

I would suggest trying the current stable build (0.63) and if that doesn't help try a cvs build.

http://ykhwong.x-y.net/page.htm
http://cvscompile.aep-emu.de/dosbox.htm
http://home.amis.net/lkslavi/

Tom

Just out of curiosity, how did you find out about DOSBox 0.61? I'm thinking that I should contact people and ask them to update their links so that we won't keep running into old version problems.

or move the old dosbox versions to a subdirectory or something to break the links.

DosFreak wrote:

or move the old dosbox versions to a subdirectory or something to break the links.

not possible.

Especially not possible if those sites are offering up copies that are stored on their own servers...

Create custom virii that wipes out old dosbox versions replaces them with updated versions and corrects improper links. Hey, it happens in the movies!

or simply post a message on the DosBox main page......

Actually I think the best solution is to contact the owners of sites who are still distributing DOSBox 0.61. I think most webmasters would be glad to know that there are newer versions of DOSBox available and that DOSBox development is currently very active.

Sorry to continue the off-topic strand but have you considered getting DOSBox to do an non-invasive web update check when it starts. It could log in the console (with stand out letters/colours) that a new version is available... The feature could be disabled by command line switch.

It would mean that the start-up time would be slower. A server would have to be located at a well-known address. Server would just respond to a latest version request for the DOSBox image in use and the DOSBox program would just compare its internal version with that returned. I wouldn't expect/want auto-update facilities, etc. As a side effect you'd get to see how many times certain versions of DOSBox get started - nice stats I expect 😀

Just a thought anyways!

That sort of snooping on users is rude.

Anyways, if someone did an improved win32 installer (see varius other threads on what could be improved), that one could ask the user if she wants to check for a new version...

Other options include:
- Putting DOSBox's homepage address in the startup message
- Making the installer ask if you want to visit the homepage (probably the same thing Moe was suggesting)
- For Windows (and MacOS?) versions, give the user an option to install a link to the home page in the Start Menu

Note that none of this will fix the problem with people using 0.61, nor the inevitable problem of people still using 0.63 when the next version comes out. It will be an improvement in the long-run though.