It had to happen...
Posted on 2010-05-18, 19:44
It was only a matter of time before this hit the news, of course: Windows 3.11 on DOSBox on the Google Nexus One. "The saddest thing we've seen all day"... more like the coolest 😁
Re: Searching for an old DOS game, name lost
Posted on 2010-03-24, 23:38
The Dr. reminds me of "In Search of Dr. Riptide", but there you play guy in a purple suit in a submarine. The green or purple lump reminds me of "Nebulus". Not slime, though, nor does it have "Dr." in the title. And then there's "Skweek", but that doesn't match the title and you're not example green …
Re: MI2: LeChuck's Revenge SPECIAL EDITION Officially Announced!
Posted on 2010-03-14, 03:17
Still doesn't have speech. :P Take a closer look. Click the "Features" button on the official site. 3rd item on the list: "Complete voice over using the original Monkey Island franchise cast brings the story and characters of the original adventures to life like never before" Last item: "Character …
Re: An odd bug that affects King's Quest V - cannot save at first
Posted on 2010-02-09, 22:42
When you click "Change directory", what is the value it shows as the current directory?
Re: Compiling sources for DOS - What do I need?
Posted on 2010-02-05, 21:17
Deprecation is a warning, not an error. It means that a piece of an API is outdated and may, at some point in the future, be removed entirely. While it's something that should probably be cleaned up, it will not cause compilation to fail. Just a quick note: OpenWatcom is not a Pascal compiler. There …
Re: Help with starting my program in DOSbox
Posted on 2010-02-05, 13:56
Also, the .LND file is probably passed as a parameter. So rather than start FOO.EXE with BAR.LND by double-clicking on the BAR.LND file, you'd type "FOO BAR.LND" on the DOS prompt. (That is what Windows most likely does internally when you double-click on the .LND file).
Re: Colour problem
Posted on 2010-02-02, 15:37
Try setting an output method other than "surface" (ddraw, opengl, overlay etc). This is probably the generic Vista/7 full-screen colour bug we see every time.
Re: Typin a '\' in dosbox 0.73
Posted on 2010-02-01, 17:16
I tried the '/' instead of the '\', didn't work. and I can't get the alt-58 method to work. (am I doing it wrong, i,m holding alt down while i press the number 5 and then 8). Be sure to use the 5 and 8 on the numeric keypad. Not the numbers above the letter keys. I'd recommend solution number 4 …
Re: Movie Recording Help
Posted on 2010-02-01, 12:18
You don't need to route through the mixer by yourself. That is simply what happens when you use a cue/bin combination (that's a disk image format, like ISO). You can use something like isobuster to rip a CD to .BIN (rather than .ISO).
Re: Eliminate the DOSBox function key assignments?
Posted on 2010-01-30, 13:53
Then you didn't read (or at least understand) properly. That section does mention how to do it. Let me spell it out for you: When you start the keymapper, all the custom DOSBox functions are in the area at the bottom right. "ShutDown", "Cap Mouse", etc. With the exception of "Fullscreen" and "Pause …
Re: Portable x86 Device (size of PSP) to play MS-DOS games natively
Posted on 2010-01-29, 00:23
For an x86 machine that's smaller than a regular netbook and will fit in your pocket, check out this baby. When my tax return comes through, I want one 😁 It's not even ridiculously expensive, costing about the same as an average laptop.
Re: Populous full-screen colour problem
Posted on 2010-01-28, 16:50
This is independent of whatever software you're running inside DOSBox (although the effect may simply seem less pronounced). It's a known issue caused by the Vista/7 versions of Windows Explorer. The remedy is to use an output mode other than surface in the DOSBox configuration file (reach it …
Re: Last Half of Darkness part 3
Posted on 2010-01-27, 14:27
There are a few (rare) cases where the copyright holders of a game or other software have released it into the public domain or at least as freeware and actually termed it "abandonware". It's a confusing term, not very well defined and not really an official designation of anything, especially …
Re: Automate exiting of Windows 3.1 post-EXE launch
Posted on 2010-01-26, 01:11
Here you go, omnirune. I've built a simple program to fullfill that function. Just place the runexit.exe file in a folder called "runexit" in the mounted C drive's root then start Windows 3.1 using "win c:\runexit\runexit c:\games\arthur\arthur".
Re: Automate exiting of Windows 3.1 post-EXE launch
Posted on 2010-01-25, 19:45
Oh dear. Don't copy stuff directly into the Windows folder. Just install the program normally in its default location. Try setting the shell line to something like "shell=c:\arthur\arthur.exe" instead. The problem could be that the program depends on a function of progman, which could potentially be …
Re: Automate exiting of Windows 3.1 post-EXE launch
Posted on 2010-01-25, 19:21
Unfortunately, I am unable to run the application as the program manager replacement, so this suggestion, at least in this particular case, will not work. If you mean that you also need access to the program manager, this is still possible. There is also a run= line in there that allows you to …
Re: Automate exiting of Windows 3.1 post-EXE launch
Posted on 2010-01-25, 11:29
I suppose you can do this with a custom SYSTEM.INI. Rather than having it open the default PROGMAN.EXE (Program Manager) using the "shell=" setting, you could have it open the game instead, effectively replacing the Program Manager shell with the game, turning Win3.1 into a single-task system which …
Re: Windows 7 and DOS
Posted on 2010-01-25, 07:08
32-bit Windows 7 still includes the 16-bit DOS-like subsystem. On 64-bit Windows 7, it is not available. To run 16-bit apps, you can either use software like DOSBox or some other emulation/virtualisation software, including Windows 7's XP mode.
Re: USB Support
Posted on 2010-01-12, 10:49
No, it isn't. DOSBox is intended to play DOS games. DOS itself had no USB support and any USB devices that are useful now (storage, mouse, keyboard, joystick and sound) are usable through the host operating system anyway. Printers are not used by games anyway, but h-a-l's build makes it possible.
Re: USB Support
Posted on 2010-01-12, 03:08
No. I think printing is possible using h-a-l-9000's MegaBuild (http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/index.html), although I've never tried that myself. Generic USB support doesn't exist in DOSBox.
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