I have not tried it with vanilla DOSBox, but with DOSBox-X the 3dfx voodoo was automatically recognised in Win98.

You can also try this Wiki guide for Windows 98 SE with 3DFX, although it is primarily targeted for DOSBox-X:

https://github.com/wengier/dosbox-x-wiki/wiki … ling-Windows-98

Windows 98 is officially supported by DOSBox-X, but not DOSBox because the latter is only for DOS gaming.

Hello !

I installed Windows 98 SE with DOSBox-X but I have a big problem when restarting Windows I have a black screen !!! I configured the DOSBox-X .conf file with this option because otherwise the Windows installation would freeze:

1voodoo = opengl

I can start Windows only in safe mode... I also have another problem the mouse does not work, it is not captured by DOSBox-X (with DOSBox SVN the mouse worked). I also changed these options in the .conf file:

1core = dynamic

1memsize = 128

Despite all this I still have a black screen... how do I do this ?

Greetings !

Did you follow the Wiki? And use the config from the wiki? In any case, so you need to change a few settings.

[sdl]
autolock=true
[cpu]
core=normal

Also I have not had any issues with the voodoo=auto with my testing on Linux, so this may be a DOSBox on Windows issue.

Good evening everyone !

I followed the Wiki instructions thank you. I created a dosbox-x.conf file here is its content:

1[sdl]
2autolock=true
3
4[dosbox]
5title=Windows 98
6memsize=64
7vmemsize=8
8cycles=60000
9vesa modelist width limit=0
10vesa modelist height limit=0
11
12[dos]
13ver=7.1
14
15[cpu]
16cputype=pentium_mmx
17core=normal
18
19[sblaster]
20sbtype=sb16vibra
21irq=5
22
23[ne2000]
24# If you want networking in Windows, set ne2000=true.
25# This also requires that you set realnic= to a suitable value for your PC
26ne2000=false
27nicirq=10
28realnic=list
29
30[fdc, primary]
31int13fakev86io=true
32
33[ide, primary]
34int13fakeio=true
35int13fakev86io=true
36
37[ide, secondary]
38int13fakeio=true
39int13fakev86io=true
40cd-rom insertion delay=4000
41
42[render]
43scaler=none
44
45[autoexec]
46
47imgmount 0 boot.img -t floppy -fs none
48imgmount 2 win98.img -t hdd -size 512,63,64,520 -fs none
49boot -l c

Windows 98 SE is finally installed correctly & the Voodoo 3DFX is finally recognized ! Unfortunately the sound is not working properly... can you help me ?

Greetings !

When you say that sound is not working properly, can you explain what the problem is? I have found that it works, but if there is a lot going on, such as when Win98 is starting, and your PC is perhaps not very powerful you can get sound sound skipping.

Hello !

I have a conflict with two sound cards in Windows 98 SE ?! I don't understand why I have two active sound cards ? I can't remove one, it automatically reinstalls when you restart Windows !

How to proceed ?

Greetings !

Did you install with one type of sound card, and then change the sblaster settings in your config? Speaking of which, what does your [sblaster] section look like?

Hello !

Here is the Sound Blaster section which is copied from DOSBox-X Wiki:

1[sblaster]
2sbtype=sb16vibra
3irq=5

Greetings !

Weird, because I wrote that wiki page and tested it.

The only way I could find that triggered such behaviour was if I did an install with the default sbtype=sb16 (or just don't have the line at all, since that is the default) and then afterwards change to sbtype=sb16vibra.

Have you tried deleting BOTH sound blaster cards (and the MPI401), and then restart Win98? That solved it for me.

p.s. the wiki page has a bug, which should get fixed in the next days. The cycles= statement should be in the [cpu] section.

Hello & thank you for your help !

I have reinstalled Windows 98 & now the sound is working fine. I also modified the .conf file with the CPU setting in the correct section:

1[cpu]
2cputype=pentium_mmx
3core=normal
4cycles=60000

My PC is not powerful enough so I lowered the number of cycles (10,000). On the other hand I have another problem, my keyboard is in QWERTZ (Switzerland) it is not recognized by DOSBox-X it is recognized as QWERTY ?!

Even if when launching DOSBox-X with the keyb sf command my keyboard is not recognized ?! How to proceed ?

Greetings !

Go to https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x and look at the bottom of the page for "International keyboard layout"

Hello !

I followed the instruction in the Wiki & added this in the [dos] section of my .conf file

1keyboardlayout=sf

SF = Swiss French but it does not work... the Swiss keyboard must not be recognized...

Strange, I just tried it and it seems to work for me.

With the SDL1 binary:

[sdl]
usescancodes=true
[dos]
keyboardlayout=sf

I forgot to put "usescancodes=true" in the [sd1] section 😀

On the other hand when starting DOSBox-X my Swiss keyboard is not recognized... only in Windows 98 ?!

I'm afraid I don't follow you. If I start dosbox-x with those settings I get a Swiss French layout in DOSBox-X with the integrated DOS.

If you start a real DOS or Windows 9x in DOSBox-X you will need to configure your keyboard layout separately. The keyboardlayout= will have no effect once real DOS or Windows 9x is started.

I just have a problem with the key:

which gives a

'

instead of a

-

Another question:

How to save DOSBox-X settings in Video > Fit to aspect ratio tab ? After each restart it must be reconfigured...

Greetings !

I just tried it here on Linux and Windows.

Linux SDL2 with host-keyboard set to swiss-french

Linux SDL1 with host-keyboard set to swiss-french

It also works fine with the Windows SDL2 version, but for the Windows SDL1 version there is indeed an issue.
- If the host keyboard is set to US, it works fine
- If the host keyboard is not set to the US, you encounter the problem. Even with usescancodes=true

Could I ask you to raise an issue on Github for this?

As for aspect ratio, just set
[render]
aspect=true

Hello thank you very much for your help 😀

1. On which Github page can I report this keyboard issue ?

2. I see you have version 0.83.4 of DOSBox-X SDL2 when I go to the official DOSBox-X site here I can't find the downloads section ? Where did you find it please ?

Greetings !