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DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! (Announce)

posted by Wengier , 04.08.2022, 08:20

By the second adapter, do you mean the VGA & monochrome dual-screen setup? If so, it is supported via the -display2 option in command line (you can type dosbox-x -help for a list of command-line options). More information about this function can be found in this Wiki page:

https://dosbox-x.com/wiki/Guide%3AVideo-card-support-in-DOSBox%E2%80%90X#_dual_monitor

Wengier

> I'm sure dosbox-x emulates those (monochrome) adapters just fine.
>
> However, with "alternate" I meant a SECOND adapter in the system, both
> being active. IIRC, the VGA adapter introduced this possibility ( see int
> 10h, ax=1A00h [ get display combination code ] ) and it was quite popular
> among developers in the early 90ties, since it allows to debug graphics
> applications without screen contents swapping ( the other option, using a
> serial/network connection, is by far not that comfortable ).

Complete thread:

• DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 02.08.2022, 01:50 (Announce)
  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 03.08.2022, 17:31
    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 03.08.2022, 23:19
      • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 04.08.2022, 07:25
        • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 04.08.2022, 08:20
          • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 04.08.2022, 11:21
            • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 24.08.2022, 06:01
              • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 26.08.2022, 17:32
                • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 27.08.2022, 06:24
                  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 27.08.2022, 06:48
                    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 27.08.2022, 16:35
              • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 28.08.2022, 03:49
  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - KormaX, 10.08.2022, 17:01
    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 11.08.2022, 22:08
      • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - KormaX, 11.08.2022, 23:22
        • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Wengier, 21.08.2022, 01:43
  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - glennmcc, 30.12.2022, 07:01
    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - glennmcc, 30.12.2022, 07:49
  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - CandyMan, 09.01.2023, 13:00
    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 09.01.2023, 16:38
      • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - CandyMan, 09.01.2023, 19:05
        • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 10.01.2023, 09:26
    • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - bretjohn, 10.01.2023, 18:09
      • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - ecm, 10.01.2023, 22:03
      • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 11.01.2023, 16:48
        • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - tkchia, 11.01.2023, 21:53
          • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - Japheth, 13.01.2023, 13:30
            • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - tom, 13.01.2023, 15:07
  • DOSBox-X 0.84.2 / 2022.08.0 released! - CandyMan, 24.02.2023, 12:50