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  • DOSbox and BBSing

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Wed Dec 15 09:44:00 2010

    Hi, all!

    I've run my BBS since 1990; when I started out I ran all my apps on an AT running DOS 3.21.

    While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started using
    more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP, lots of them
    won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like a charm.

    Is anyone else running DOSBOX? I'm having a lot of fun being able to run a "real" DOS again.

    --kW

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  • From Dustin Cook@1:129/305 to Kurt Weiske on Wed Dec 15 20:50:28 2010
    While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started using more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP, lots of them won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like a charm.

    Hello Kurt...

    What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com instead of cmd.exe?

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Dustin Cook on Wed Dec 15 22:13:19 2010

    While my BBS is now on the internet and running on XP, I've started
    using more and more of my old DOS apps in a DOSBOX window. In XP,
    lots of them won't run at all, but in a DOSBOX window they run like
    a charm.

    Hello Kurt...

    What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly?

    http://www.dosbox.com/

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  • From T.J. Mcmillen@1:129/305 to Dustin Cook on Wed Dec 15 22:25:50 2010
    Hello Kurt...

    What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com instead cmd.exe?

    He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu, ram, etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Dustin Cook on Wed Dec 15 22:55:00 2010
    Dustin Cook wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com
    instead of cmd.exe?

    Dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) is an X86 emulator with DOS. It emulates a
    DOS environment very well. From their web page:

    DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very
    easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X...

    DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games...

    You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run
    plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!

    DOSBox is totally free of charge and OpenSource.

    --kW

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Dustin Cook on Wed Dec 15 22:55:00 2010
    Dustin Cook wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-

    What are you calling a DOSBOX exactly? Are you running command.com
    instead of cmd.exe?

    Dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/) is an X86 emulator with DOS. It emulates a
    DOS environment very well. From their web page:

    DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very
    easy to port to different platforms. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, MacOS X...

    DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA/VGA/VESA graphics, a SoundBlaster/Gravis Ultra Sound card for excellent sound compatibility with older games...

    You can "re-live" the good old days with the help of DOSBox, it can run
    plenty of the old classics that don't run on your new computer!

    DOSBox is totally free of charge and OpenSource.

    --kW

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    │ 1:218/700@fidonet │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


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  • From Dustin Cook@1:129/305 to T.J. Mcmillen on Mon Jan 10 23:07:13 2011

    He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu, etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

    Gotcha.. thanks.. I'd forgotten about that.

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Dustin Cook on Tue Jan 25 16:13:12 2011
    Re: Re: DOSbox and BBSing
    By: Dustin Cook to T.J. Mcmillen on Mon Jan 10 2011 11:07 pm

    He's calling DOSBOX, DOSBOX ... it's on sourceforge.org ... just google DOSBOX. It allows programs to be run in a "DOS box" at a set speed, cpu etc. Great for old games that only ran on 25 MHz. machines, etc.

    Until I find a 32 bit nodediff compiler, DOSBOX is my only way of running qdiff to compile my nodelists! :)
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