DOS ain't dead - VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released

Rugxulo

Usono,
31.12.2007, 15:03

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released (Announce)

The developers of VirtualBox have released version 1.5.4 on 29 December 2007.

Website: http://www.virtualbox.org/

Changes: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

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Japheth

Germany (South),
31.12.2007, 16:00

@ Rugxulo

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released

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> The developers of VirtualBox have released version 1.5.4 on
> 29 December 2007.

I'm not sure if VBox deserves to be announced here. Concerning DOS, it is the worst emulator. Most old DOS games won't run in it and it doesn't even support a SB device. The one advantage it has compared to its competitors is its USB support, which works with UMBASPI.SYS.

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Rugxulo

Usono,
31.12.2007, 21:00

@ Japheth

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released

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> I'm not sure if VBox deserves to be announced here. Concerning DOS, it is
> the worst emulator.

You've mentioned VirtualBox a few times on this forum, so it was mainly directed at you. ;-) Still, I haven't yet tried it, but how could it be worse than QEMU?? At least it's still updated, multi-platform (runs on the main three x86 OSes anyways), etc.

P.S. There's a QEMU/Win32 snapshot from Dec. 13 if you already have the latest 0.9.0 (last updated in February). There's even a patch (w/ precompiled binaries) for a -brake slowdown option (akin to DOSBox cycles). Maybe one of those is better for DOS?

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Japheth

Germany (South),
01.01.2008, 16:04

@ Rugxulo

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X) released

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> You've mentioned VirtualBox a few times on this forum, so it was mainly
> directed at you. ;-)

Ah yes, I forgot! Thanks!

> Still, I haven't yet tried it, but how could it be
> worse than QEMU??

It depends. Qemu has SB, VBox has USB. Both are unable to run v86-code natively (that's why IMO VMware is still the best option for DOS) and both have problems with the keyboard emulation in DOS.

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DOS386

02.01.2008, 01:15

@ Rugxulo

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (Windows, Linux, OS X , NO DOS ) released

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> but how could it be worse than QEMU??

It is :no: Bloated, and doesn't work on DOS - not sufficient evidence of evil ?

> still updated, multi-platform (runs on the main three x86 OSes anyways

I miss DOS among them :no:

> P.S. There's a QEMU/Win32 snapshot from

I'll have a look. Keyboard bugginess fixed ?

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