DOS ain't dead

DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 02.01.2021, 01:15
(edited by RayeR on 02.01.2021, 01:31)

I tested it just for sure...
It switched to GFX mode so I saw a mouse cursor for a 1/10s and exited back to dos. No stderror log file was created neither any message on screen. I didn't play futher.

But a good new is that Linux version of dosbox-x was significantly updated:
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/files/5759306/dosbox-x.linux.zip
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/release...osbox-x-v0.83.9/dosbox-x-dos-0.83.9-loadlin.zip
Now it detect my disks and SB Audigy. One must do a trick after boot to make it working - switch to linux console and mount the real partition to /mnt because dosbox-x still cannot mount it - complain cannot mount physFS, then you need aslo to mount it in dosbox window e.g. "mount d /mnt". Also I had to run alsamixer to boost master volume that was 0 by default. Then I could play games on my dos partition BUT when any game or my VESATEST tool try to swith in VESA LFB mode the whole thing hung - I mean also the host linux and I had to press reset button. Games like NFS1 that probably don't use LFB worked in SVGA mode.
Well not perfect but it starting to be usable...

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DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access.

Complete thread:

• DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - Wengier, 01.12.2020, 10:20 (Announce)
  • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 LOADLIN package - Wengier, 01.12.2020, 21:16
    • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 LOADLIN package - RayeR, 02.12.2020, 13:40
  • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - DosWorld, 06.12.2020, 01:38
    • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - Wengier, 10.12.2020, 20:13
  • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - KormaX, 01.01.2021, 12:54
    • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - RayeR, 01.01.2021, 16:12
      • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - KormaX, 01.01.2021, 18:49
        • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 02.01.2021, 01:15
          • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - KormaX, 02.01.2021, 01:32
            • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 02.01.2021, 02:36
              • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - KormaX, 03.01.2021, 00:03
                • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - Wengier, 03.01.2021, 01:00
                • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 03.01.2021, 18:58
                  • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - KormaX, 03.01.2021, 20:37
                    • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 09.01.2021, 23:04
                      • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - iw2evk, 10.01.2021, 13:46
                        • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 11.01.2021, 20:04
              • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - Wengier, 03.01.2021, 01:05
                • DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released - RayeR, 03.01.2021, 19:28
      • DOSBox-X 0.83.8 released - Wengier, 03.01.2021, 00:57