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What Operating Systems will DOS Box work on?

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First post, by ldare

Posted on 2005-10-14, 21:34

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Hi,

I need to use a piece of dos based software and hardware via serial port that only works on PCs slower than 233mhz.

I have dual boot Win XP and Dos 7.1

The PC can see the hardware from DOS 7.1 but not via Windows XP.
I have tried DOS Box from Win XP but the software couldn't see the hardware.

Is there a version of DOS Box that will run on Dos 7.1 ?

Many Thanks
Lou

Reply 1 of 4, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2005-10-14, 21:52

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Edit dosbox.conf and look for some statements resembling something like this:

[directserial] # directserial -- Enable serial passthrough support. # comport -- COM Port inside DOSBox. # realport -- COM Port […]
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[directserial]
# directserial -- Enable serial passthrough support.
# comport -- COM Port inside DOSBox.
# realport -- COM Port on the Host.
# defaultbps -- Default BPS.
# parity -- Parity of the packets. This can be N, E or O.
# bytesize -- Size of each packet. This can be 5 or 8.
# stopbit -- The number of stopbits. This can be 1 or 2.

I think you need to enable it and give it proper values.

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Reply 2 of 4, by ldare

Posted on 2005-10-15, 08:24

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Hi,

Just tried that. checked win xp com port 1 settings and put in

directserial=true
comport=1
realport=COM2
defaultbps=9600
parity=N
bytesize=8
stopbit=1

But the software in DOSbox still couldn't see the hardware on my com port?

Thanks
Lou

Reply 3 of 4, by ldare

Posted on 2005-10-15, 08:25

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Tried both com 1 and 2 just incase....

directserial=true
comport=1
realport=COM2
defaultbps=9600
parity=N
bytesize=8
stopbit=1

directserial=true
comport=1
realport=COM1
defaultbps=9600
parity=N
bytesize=8

Both didn't fix it

Reply 4 of 4, by Qbix

Posted on 2005-10-15, 08:53

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uhm look at the patches section of the forum
there is something with a improved serial port

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