Here's a picture of it running on my old Compaq laptop.. ^^
- It's the Windows version running on Windows XP.

Jo22 wrote on 2020-07-23, 01:25:

Please note that this was written about 12 years ago.
The original DWJukebox site is down and the author apparently has no interest in DOS anymore.
(The project originated from the arcade cab scene which used to use the DOS-based MAME emulator.)

It's not that I have no interest in DOS; the jukebox depended on several libraries, and one by one those libraries stopped offering DOS compatibility. The final version still supported DOS but future versions likely would not, as most of the features I needed the libraries for were built into Windows. Unfortunately, life happened; between a divorce, job changes, heart problems, and library changes, I'd have had to basically rewrite it from scratch with little time to do so. With the divorce and losing my home I couldn't justify spending the monthly fee to keep the website up for the handful of visits it got each month. I may bring it back to life at some point, but sadly DOS would have to be left behind.

Also, you likely need a touchscreen/LCD with touchscreen with RS-232 interface
in order to be able to press the "buttons" on pure DOS.

This is correct.

On Windows 98/XP, any touchscreen LCD may work (hope so; there's also a win32 binary inside).
Alternatively, a trackball or some knobs will also do, I assume.
It's just less cool, I guess.

XP is pretty compatible with the touchscreen; later versions of Windows are not. It shouldn't specifically require a serial touchscreen, as long as the drivers look like any other mouse driver. That said, a serial touchscreen it all it has been tested with.

-Chris

celamantia wrote on 2020-11-14, 20:53:

It's not that I have no interest in DOS; the jukebox depended on several libraries, and one by one those libraries stopped offer […]
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Jo22 wrote on 2020-07-23, 01:25:

Please note that this was written about 12 years ago.
The original DWJukebox site is down and the author apparently has no interest in DOS anymore.
(The project originated from the arcade cab scene which used to use the DOS-based MAME emulator.)

It's not that I have no interest in DOS; the jukebox depended on several libraries, and one by one those libraries stopped offering DOS compatibility. The final version still supported DOS but future versions likely would not, as most of the features I needed the libraries for were built into Windows. Unfortunately, life happened; between a divorce, job changes, heart problems, and library changes, I'd have had to basically rewrite it from scratch with little time to do so. With the divorce and losing my home I couldn't justify spending the monthly fee to keep the website up for the handful of visits it got each month. I may bring it back to life at some point, but sadly DOS would have to be left behind.

Also, you likely need a touchscreen/LCD with touchscreen with RS-232 interface
in order to be able to press the "buttons" on pure DOS.

This is correct.

On Windows 98/XP, any touchscreen LCD may work (hope so; there's also a win32 binary inside).
Alternatively, a trackball or some knobs will also do, I assume.
It's just less cool, I guess.

XP is pretty compatible with the touchscreen; later versions of Windows are not. It shouldn't specifically require a serial touchscreen, as long as the drivers look like any other mouse driver. That said, a serial touchscreen it all it has been tested with.

-Chris

Hello Chris, thank you very much for your visit at Vogons and writing back! 😎

There's no need to explain yourself, you didn't do anything wrong after all.
My apologies also for the choosing of my wording, it wasn't meant to sound like a reproach.
I'm glad that you browsed by, however and provided some insight.

I believe I can understand/empathize, partially, at least, what you went through and wish you the very best for the future.

Good luck and take care! :)

PS: I also imagine that generally, life as a Trekker/Trekkie isn't easy, also. Not seldomly, non-fans are a bit ignorant when it comes to ST.
They may misinterpret the philosophy, altruism and so on as as naivety or simplemindedness, which is paradox, because the principles of ST are the exact opposite.
- Well, at least I've never came across a Trekker that had a bad personality or was totally unlikable.

(^It's not about you per se, btw. This is not meant as an insinuation, whatsoever.
I just speak from my own experience as a Trekker. Maybe the world just isn't ready yet for people like us).