Re: USB Floppy Drive not recognised

Posted on 2023-07-30, 01:39

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Azarien I added 'mount A A:\ -t floppy' to my dosbox-x.conf. Trying to open a:\ in WIndows 3.1 gives 'Drive A does not exist'. Since my USB drive seems somewhat unreliable I am considering using VFD, creating a 'virtual' floppy drive. Do you this might work? And will I need to use the MOUNT command? …

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USB Floppy Drive not recognised

Posted on 2023-07-28, 22:54

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Although this is about DOSBox-X I'm not sure whether the problem is only related to DOSBox-X so I'm posting here. I am running Windows 3.1 for Workgroups in DOSBox-X and am trying to install Lotus Improv. The installation program requires the use of a floppy drive. I have a USB drive attached as …

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USB Floppy drive not recognised

Posted on 2023-07-28, 01:01

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I am running Windows 3.1 for Workgroups in DOSBox-X and am trying to install Lotus Improv. The installation program requires the use of a floppy drive. I have a USB drive attached as A:\. When I boot in to Win 3.1 and click on the A: drive in File Manager I get a message to the effect that the A: …

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Re: DOSBox-x

Posted on 2021-07-14, 00:27

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Most likely your issue is that with modern DOSBox-X versions there are now directories on the Z: drive, so if you [autoexec] assumed a binary to be in the root of the Z: drive, it no longer is. Instead look in a directory such as Z:\DOS for the mode utility to set screen columns and lines. Rob …

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Re: DOSBox-x

Posted on 2021-07-11, 05:17

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Solved. I needed to make changes to [sdl] and [render] sections of the .conf file.

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DOSBox-x

Posted on 2021-07-11, 01:35

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I know this forum is for DOSBox but I cannot find any forum to post queries about DOSBox-x. Is there one? I'll post my issue anyway since someone may know the solution. I am running DOSBox-x in Windows 10, screen resolution 3840 x 2160. Prior to updating to the latest version (release 0.83.15, July …

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-03-01, 01:43

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I've realised I have made an error - assuming that anything after # was a comment I had stuff like windowresolution=1024x768 #600x400 so DOSBox was not accepting the window resolution parameter as a valid entry. It's fixed now - thanks to all who offered solutions.

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-28, 22:12

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Konc I've only got one .conf file on my PC in my c:\users\paul\appdata\local\dosbox folder.

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-28, 01:42

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Thanks. This is how I got a larger window: fullscreen=false fulldouble=false fullresolution=1920x1200 windowresolution=1024x768 output=ddraw autolock=true sensitivity=100 waitonerror=true priority=higher,normal mapperfile=mapper-0.74.map usescancodes=true Is mapper-0.74.map your own mapper file? I …

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-28, 01:37

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Qbix wrote: did you read the comments at the top of the options file ? (with regards to the output option ?) Maybe changing that will help you out Yes,I certainly did.

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Re: Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-27, 02:23

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I'm afraid this has no effect. I've tried fullscreen and also full resolution, window resolution. I've also tried scaler=normalx2 and scaled.

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Increase window size

Posted on 2018-02-26, 23:41

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I'm running DOSBox on a Windows7 laptop. The DOSBox window takes up about 1/3 of the screen. Is there anyway I can increase the DOSBox window to fill the W7 screen? I'm not interested in increasing screen resolution - just the physical size of the DOSBox window (with the fonts looking larger as a …

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Re: Concurrent DOS 386

Posted on 2012-04-04, 05:22

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Dominus: thanks - I'll give it a try.

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Concurrent DOS 386

Posted on 2012-04-03, 01:18

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I have read this guide Install DOS in DOSBox which indicates a number of DOSes that can be installed in DOSBox, including DR-DOS. Can anyone confirm whether or not DR's Concurrent DOS 386 can also be installed within DOSBox? Thanks in advance.

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-11, 04:26

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Have you tried EMS Magic, then? Just to end this one - I received the following from the developer of EMS Magic in response to my query: "Unfortunately Javelin is incompatible with EMS Magic, due to Javelin's extensive use of data aliasing. This means it maps the same logical memory page to …

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-10, 23:57

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Jorpho: yes, but Javelin loads with a message to the effect that expanded memory is not configured properly and ignores it for 'security' reasons. So DOSBox really does seem to work its magic uniquely!

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-10, 08:32

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Qbix: yes, I have done a lot of searching on this. There seem to be certain PC setups where areas of memory are 'stolen' for various devices thus causing EMS emulation not work. As I said originally DOSBox works for me - I was interested in how DOSBox achieves EMS emulation.

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-10, 07:20

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ripsaw: yes, I have done this but without success.

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-10, 07:10

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Dominus: Javelin was written in a manner which could take advantage of an expanded memory board if one was available - which is presumably why it recognises DOSBox's 'expanded memory'.

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Re: O.T.? - Expanded Memory

Posted on 2011-06-10, 06:39

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Qbix: I have the following entries in config.nt: dos=high, umb device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys files=40 buffers=100 device=%systemroot%\system32\ansi.sys emm=ram Opening an XP command window and typing 'mem' gives: 655360 bytes total conventional memory 655360 bytes available to MS-DOS 625840 …

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