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Program runs but freezes?

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First post, by logitechnoob

Posted on 2014-09-23, 20:23

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Hello again,
I am running a serial port monitoring program in DOSBox. It looks fine and runs with an SDK86 board via serial port. In the monitor program I load an assembly program to the SDK86's memory and tell it to run.

The program I loads and runs, however DOSBox becomes unresponsive after the assembly program runs. I can't do anything with the keyboard at all but the cursor is still flickering from where is was last focused. Any idea what I can do to make DOSBOx responsive again? I was wondering if there's a way to log DOSBox's system status. I'm running out of ideas.

Thanks

Reply 1 of 4, by archsan

Posted on 2014-09-23, 20:38

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"DOSBOX IS NOT MEANT FOR ANYTHING BUT GAMES" thread lock notice in three... two...

(nice kit btw)

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."—Arthur C. Clarke
"No way. Installing the drivers on these things always gives me a headache."—Guybrush Threepwood (on cutting-edge voodoo technology)

Reply 2 of 4, by logitechnoob

Posted on 2014-09-24, 11:58

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Okay let's forget about the program for a sec. Is there a way that I have the DOSBox log window to display status info about DOSBox like if it's still responsive? I'm looking for a task manager or a logger that can tell me if DOS is still running, which would mean that my program is faulty.