Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-10-05, 21:27

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by ppgrainbow

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It would also be so completely broken that I imagine you wouldn't get very much to run - at least, not well. (You might as well use HX DOS Extender instead.) I can use the HX DOS Extender to work under a bare minimum installation of Windows 95. :) Speaking of Windows 95, I will have to search for …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-10-02, 17:45

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some more useful win9x starting/closing optimizations: remove everything from msconfig->autostart (you can do that in regedit too ->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SOFTWARE - Microsoft - Windows - CurrentVersion - Run (runonce,runservices etc.) del logow.sys from windows folder in c:\msdos.sys under [options] …

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Re: new to dosbox

Posted on 2010-10-02, 17:37

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catchaserguns wrote: I don't think its freeware. None of the gold box series has been made freeware to my knowledge. I too don't think that game is freeware at all. 🙁 It's still being sold though, but no new copies are being made.

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Re: How to install Windows 98 Second Edition on dosbox with 3dfx video card?

Posted on 2010-10-02, 08:23

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That's right. This applies to Windows 9x as both the host PC and as a guest OS.

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Re: Large HDD images (512MB+) and DOSBox

Posted on 2010-10-02, 08:21

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by ppgrainbow

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thedoctor45, official releases of DOSBox do not support hard disk images larger than 512 MB (504 MB actual, due to the 1,024 cylinder count limit). H-A-L-9000's IMGMAKE utility has support for hard disks of up to 2 GB. Hard disk images created with IMGMAKE and between 504 MB to 2 GB can be read …

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Re: new to dosbox

Posted on 2010-10-02, 08:03

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collector wrote: You downloaded it? Has it been freewared? "Freewared", I don't think so. How do I know this? The game is still being sold on eBay, Bonanza and even SV Books.

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Re: new to dosbox

Posted on 2010-10-02, 07:57

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redbullgod wrote: ive finally gotten dosbox to work with champions of krynn game i downloaded online... Umm...it's a good idea to purchase vintage software online, but it's never a good idea to download software that costs money. See what I mean. 😒

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-10-02, 01:18

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Unfortunately, I don't think that the author nor any one else has the time nor the resources to debug nor compile support for Windows 95 or later. Thus supporting Windows 95 under DOSBox would be too much work and a absolute hindrance to development. I suspect that there is no need to go beyond …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-28, 15:20

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you have to turn off all windows' sounds, all visual effects, and don't use My computer (use total commander) but its best to use desktop shortcuts, do only one action at a time, after doing anything give windows some time to "rest", reboot after every single installation, don't do anything else …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-28, 07:46

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so Windows 95 OSR 2 works in 0.74 fine? anyway repair your computer first So...here's how I solved this. To do a successful installation of Windows 95, I had to use Qemu 0.9.0 to setup the operating system and DOSBox 0.74 and not DOSBox 0.73MB5, although I can attempt to try that version later on. …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-28, 07:28

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what is your dosbox version and where have you got it from? what is your Operating System? what are your PC specifications? post content of "DOSBox Status Window" (in Windows: right click on its title bar -> edit) enclose your dosbox's config file The current version of DOSBox that I'm using to …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-28, 06:30

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by ppgrainbow

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And accessing the Control Panel even caused Windows Explorer to crash! Oh no! Use bochs or some virtualizer. Bochs and Qemu can be used to set up Windows 95 prior to mounting the hard disk to DOSBox. I should try that. By the way, I already have a hard disk image set up on Bochs anyways. (It seems …

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Re: How to install Windows 98 Second Edition on dosbox with 3dfx video card?

Posted on 2010-09-28, 04:07

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Windows 98 Second Edition is unsupported under any version of DOSBox. Read this forum thread on how Windows 95 and the original release of Windows 98 can be installed in this forum thread: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=25673 In the forum thread that I linked to, robertmo clearly explained …

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Re: DOSBOX mb5 Crashes with QuickBasic 4.5 MSDOS Program

Posted on 2010-09-28, 03:56

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by ppgrainbow

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If I were you, I would rather wait until HAL9000 released a MegaBuild version of DOSBOX 0.74...that is if there is one. Otherwise, use the official 0.74 release.

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-28, 03:26

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I'll try reinstalling Windows 95 under DOSBox with minimal installation with standard VGA and no sound card detected. If that still doesn't help, I'm afraid that I will have to give up. :( Edit: A minimal installation of Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 requires no less than 95 MB of free disk space …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-09-08, 18:10

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robertmo, I tried to install Wnidows 95 OSR2 under DOSBox 0.73MB5 using the S3 Trio32/64 and Plug and Play Monitor during installation and I still get this error message: dosbox.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-08-25, 09:01

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by ppgrainbow

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1 . You can ONLY use Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1. I use OSR2 without issues. Have you actually installed it inside 0.74? Cause i had to install it in 0.72 and than it works nicely in 0.74, OSR2.5 too. On the other hand 98SE had to be installed in 0.74 (only 4 errors during installation) and …

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-08-25, 08:54

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by ppgrainbow

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robertmo wrote: Wrong. I have image 1 GB. Works fine. Then you're probably using the MegaBuild version of DOSBox, aren't ya?

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Re: Windows 95 in DOSBox with 256 Colors, Sound, and CD-ROM support

Posted on 2010-08-21, 23:45

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by ppgrainbow

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There are things that you need to remember when it comes to attempting to run Windows 95 in DOSBox: 1 . You can ONLY use Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1. 2 . You must create a hard disk image no bigger than 504 MB , partition it using FDISK and then format it. Up to 2 hard disk images are supported …

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Re: Guide - Windows 95 on DOSBox 0.74

Posted on 2010-08-21, 07:36

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Thanks. Do you mean the original release of Windows 95 or Windows 95 OEM Service Release 1? I thought that the OSR2 version of Windows 95 would work in DOSBox 0.73MB5, but it turns out that it is not supported. And it's a good thing that I'm still running Windows 95 OSR2 under VMware Player with a 4 …

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