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DOSBox-X 0.83.9 released (Announce)

posted by Wengier , 03.01.2021, 01:05

> > I captured the error messages using "DOSBOX-X > X". It's typical for
> HXGUI
> > that the error messages are otherwise lost.
>
> Even with stderr=.\hxstderr.log in HXGUIHLP.INI?
>
> I also found that in higher VESA mode 1280x1024 or 1600x1200 the Quake
> start in VESA mode but when switching to other modes the full freeze
> happens.
>
> Also found a problem that new win32 dosbox-x 0.83.9 doesn't run under WinXP
> - PE header need to be fixed OS version 6.0 -> 5.1 then it runs but when
> packed by UPX it again complains "invalid win32 app" but I could compress
> with pklite32w but with worse compression ratio (7,5MB intead of 5,1MB)...

You can try the MinGW builds for DOSBox-X 0.83.9 instead, which I have verified to run under Windows XP.

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