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Daily AEP build - no modem/IPX (SDL_net) support?

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First post, by ste123

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Hi,

Just to let you know, I'm not a developer but am wanting to try out the newer builds, replacing over my existing DosBox v0.72 install. Hopefully this hasn't been covered before.

I downloaded the latest "CVS-Compile (aka AEP Emulation) build", copied the files into my DosBox folder and (temporarily) renamed my dosbox.conf file. It runs, however when trying to issue the command

serial2=modem

or

serial2=nullmodem

via either the conf file or the DosBox command prompt, I get the following error in the other console:

Invalid type for serial2

I've tried a few daily builds, ranging from Nov 08 'til most recent. All seem to exhibit the same thing.

I downloaded the source code to see if I could find the cause, to see if it's something I'm doing wrong. Knowing me, it's always a possibility! I found that C_MODEM needs to be defined as 1 in the code, which it is (from what I can tell).

I also noticed that there's no [ipx] section in the generated conf file.

Is this due to SDL_net not present and/or C_MODEM and C_IPX being 0 in the daily build? To get the support, will I have to try and compile it myself?

Regards,
Steven.

Reply 1 of 2, by Qbix

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I think you are correct.
if there is no [ipx] then there is no sdl_net and no sdl_net is no C_MODEM

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Reply 2 of 2, by ste123

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Thanks for the reply. I'll probably have to give it a miss for now as I'm not having much luck with compiling in MinGW/MSYS - heaps of "Segmentation faults" - and it's all getting over my head.

I might come back to it when I have more free time - not sure when that'll be -- was hoping to see if there've been big developments/improvements in DosBox's "modem" connectivity for gaming.

Regards,
Steven.

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