Re: screen size problems

Posted on 2015-09-20, 16:54

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What is original DOS app resolution and what is your monitor resolution? The desktop monitor screen size is 1280x1024. The DOS program does not seem to have a specified resolution. When running that program on WIN XP via a shortcut, I can change its size using the property sheet of the shortcut -- …

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screen size problems

Posted on 2015-09-19, 19:24

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I am attempting to get DOSBOX to run with an older DOS based application. I have got it running, but none of the screen sizes I have been able to use are acceptable. If I set scaler=none, I get a very small screen. With scaler= hq2x forced, I get a screen that is too big. What I think I would like …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-24, 17:32

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I adapted a little interrupt watchdog program to work around this situation in DOSBox. I've noticed that your file has been downloaded 11 times so far. I'm curious as to whether there are that many users of BlueWave using DOSBOX, or whether some folks were just curious to learn how you did the fix?

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-12, 19:21

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ripsaw8080 wrote: Maybe ask a moderator if you can link to the discussion here. However, feel free to repost the program anywhere you want. I don't have anywhere to host the file. Hey, Mr. Moderator -- is it ok to post a link to this message thread into another discussion group? (Fidonet -- …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-12, 19:18

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I noticed another thing that doesn't always work: in the list of packets to open, the statistics about the content of the packet in the list is often a bunch of dash characters. It is curious that it works sometimes ; but it's probably not critical. What you observe is related to the time/date …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-12, 04:58

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Run BWAVEFIX.COM from the BWAVE folder; it runs BWAVE.EXE as a child program. Thank you VERY much. I tried it, and it worked. The only remaining problem is that in DOSBOX, the time/date stamp of the QWK file gets changed, whereas in NTVDM it is left at its original time and date. BlueWave uses that …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-08, 15:20

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My favourite is Qemu - small, portable and efficient. Thanks, I'll take a look at that. dale5351, DOSBox has been developed to play games, not to run application programs. Many programs may work, but in general, i think it makes sense to use a "real" PC emulator/virtualizer for "serious" apps. So I …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 20:32

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I ran version 2.3 as an eval, and the file to be compressed is deleted by the program before it even shells out to the archiver. :dead: But yet, if I push to DOS using ALT-D just before that call, it is still there. And it is still there during the compression call in NTVDM. Just not in DOSBOX. It …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 16:50

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However, it's an interesting thing to try. If you set the command to run as just "COMMAND.COM", with no parameters, the command shell should just sit there until you type "exit". While it's sitting there, use that spawned command shell to see if the file in question has been deleted. That was an …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 15:10

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I think we are down to 2 options now: In any case, thanks to you and the others for trying. I see two other options: 3. Live with it. Or work around it. I think I could figure out how to achieve the desired effect with a manually invoked batch file. 4. Try another emulator. a. I have tried Wine, …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 14:58

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A typical method for executing DOS commands (including batch files) from within a program is to execute COMMAND.COM with INT 21, AX=4B00 and set for it a command line of "/C ". I can say for sure that when using this method in DOSBox, as in real DOS, the calling application will wait for the …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 05:37

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Does the problem also happen when you run it is DOSBox on XP? Yes -- there is the same behavior using DOSBOX on XP machine as on the EeePC using Xandros Linux. In answer to your other question, the anti-virus engines are different. Not sure what the EeePC one is called -- McAfee on the XP. I can …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-07, 05:20

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ADDiCT wrote: I have 4DOS and 4NT, but don't see how that might help here. It is not a problem with piping or redirection. Just try it, takes only a few minutes. I have tried that now -- made no difference.

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-06, 19:17

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DosFreak wrote: Quotation icon on the upper-right hand side. […] Show full quote Quotation icon on the upper-right hand side. use: Copy code to clipboard 1 and Oh, you mean that little bitty thing that I did not realize was there :-}} Got it now. Thanks.

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-06, 19:14

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I didn't check your batch file in detail (TLTR), but your problem could be related to an effect that has been fixed in DOSBox CVS: 2008-03-12 18:45 c2woody * src/dos/dos.cpp: fix tsr return code handling Try the AEP CVS build , it should contain the fix. The cvs did not make any difference. I don't …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-06, 18:45

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Thanks -- it does make it more readable. forum question: How do you quote a message, and what controls did you type to do the CODE boxes?

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-06, 05:18

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Thanks for the continued interest. First, here is the current version of the batch file which directs the outputs to a file called file.txt. Batch file is called myzip.bat and is located on the path in a directory d:\util -- myzip.bat -- echo off echo %1 >> file.txt echo %2 >> file.txt pause dir h:\ …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-05, 19:33

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I am quite certain that the problem is not in pkzip itself, but in the fact that the file is being deleted by bluewave before pkzip can pack it up --- and that should not happen until after the pkzip call. I have the ability to push to DOS from within bluewave. If I do that, and then do a "dir" on …

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Re: Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-05, 18:39

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Thanks for the very quick response. Yes, I have mounted the D and H drives needed. pkzip is in the proper place in d:\util, and does get called ok. I substituted a bat file to manage the call and look at contents of directories, and that is how I proved to myself that the file needed had disappeared …

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Multitask problem : dosbox in Xandros linux on EeePc

Posted on 2008-04-05, 17:51

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I have a new EeePc with default Xandros linux installed. I have installed dosbox in order to run one of my favored DOS applications. It runs quite well except for one strange problem. The application is called BlueWave, which reads QWK mail packets for messaging offline on BBSes. The application is …

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