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[Files] DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2ANN.lu
Posted on 20-Jun-2004 07:25 GMT by mcbarlo18 comments
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DOSBox is a DOS emulator that uses the SDL library. It emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics and SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card.

Changes in MorphOS version:
- improved stability
- some speed increment

RunDOS is a tool which allow you to start DOS software by clicking on the icon on Ambient. Now you can set the option to quit DOSBox after quit from the program you started with RunDOS.

You can get the archives from here and here.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 1 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Stefan Blixth on 20-Jun-2004 06:42 GMT
Thanks, a good port got even better =)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 2 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by redrumloa on 20-Jun-2004 10:16 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (Stefan Blixth):
What kind of speed does it do with a Pegasos I 600Mhz? Does it reach the speed of a real 386?
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 3 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by hooligan/dcs on 20-Jun-2004 10:22 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (redrumloa):
One could guess it has something to do with what you're emulating..? :)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 4 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 20-Jun-2004 10:32 GMT
"RunDOS is a tool which allow you to start DOS software by clicking on the icon on Ambient."

Awesome! Something similar for UAE would be truly awesome as well :)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 5 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Jupp3 on 20-Jun-2004 10:53 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (redrumloa):
The speed depends on what you emulate...

The Settlers works nice on G4, it's playable even in svga (But the scrolling IS slow...)
Also Laser Squad, Lotus 3 and Skyroads work very nicely, and that's about all I've tried :-)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 6 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Emeric SH on 20-Jun-2004 11:33 GMT
Stunts4D is fast, Need for Speed is slow on Peg I G3 600 if that helps you getting an idea :)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 7 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 20-Jun-2004 14:03 GMT
Has anyone bothered to inform the DOSBox people that (a) their links are broken, and (b) the Amiga68k version has been dropped?

At the moment, their information is wrong - presumably because no one has kept them informed regarding the port - and Amiga68k users end up looking all over the net for a version which does not exist.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 8 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Golem on 20-Jun-2004 14:37 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Bill Hoggett):
Maybe you could follow up on this and contact the dosbox people.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 9 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 20-Jun-2004 15:25 GMT
In reply to Comment 8 (Golem):
I could, but all I would feel entitled to do is upload the old 68k port to Aminet - stating that it is no longer supported in the readme -, and contact the DOSBox people telling them their link is broken and should therefore be removed. I could also tell them about the old unsupported port having been uploaded to Aminet.

Since I'm neither a MorphOS user nor part of the porting team, I would not want to get involved in asking the DOSBox people to update their MorphOS port information. That's the job of the porting team, right?

That's the point I'm making: it's time for those who happily use open source to port to their OS, whatever OS that may be, to recognise their responsibilities to the whole open source community and give something back, even if it's just up-to-date information on their ports.

Take even the announcement above: no link to the homepage, or the original project homepage, just a couple of direct links to the binary archives. Please folks, get your acts together and show a little competence, then perhaps the non-Amiga community may actually take this scene seriously once more, rather than just regard it as something to be laughed at.

This is not intended as a flame, but as simple constructive advice.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 10 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Bill Hoggett on 20-Jun-2004 16:14 GMT
In reply to Comment 9 (Bill Hoggett):
"I could, but all I would feel entitled to do is upload the old 68k port to Aminet"

Actually, I can't even do that as I don't have the source code, and so I can't redistribute it since it is GPL'd.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 11 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Stefan Blixth on 20-Jun-2004 17:00 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (redrumloa):
Hmm, Well I have a Pegasos2 (G4) so I can't directly answer that question =)
But I find FastTracker2 useable w/o fiddling around with frameskip here.
You probably could use it on a slower CPU with some tuning aswell.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 12 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 21-Jun-2004 02:47 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (Stefan Blixth):
Uhhuh, try loading a 16 channel FastTracker 2 module and play it at 22050Hz or even 11025Hz? It doesn't even run full speed on my Pentium 4!
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 13 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Stefan Blixth on 21-Jun-2004 08:30 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (Anonymous):
Well, I'm more into old-school chippies so I don't need so many channels here =)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 14 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 21-Jun-2004 11:01 GMT
I do have the old DosBox archive, maybe I should just upload it to Aminet?
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 15 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 21-Jun-2004 13:57 GMT
In reply to Comment 5 (Jupp3):
"The Settlers works nice on G4, it's playable even in svga (But the scrolling IS slow...) "

That's Amazing !! The settlers is wery playable on my A1200T+060 AND scrolling is not slow :)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 16 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by itix on 21-Jun-2004 14:20 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Anonymous):
I'd like to know how to listen to MP3 on your Amiga while playing The Settlers.
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 17 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 22-Jun-2004 01:10 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (itix):
That's an easy one.
Play mp3 with another computer ;-)
DOSBox 0.61 R3 and RunDOS 1.2 : Comment 18 of 18ANN.lu
Posted by Anonymous on 26-Jun-2004 07:02 GMT
Us 68k users (esp. Amithlon) really need a port of DosBox 0.60+, because the 0.58 version runs very few games (as it lacks emulation of the protected mode).
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