Re: Stripped down .CONF for speed? Suggestions
Posted on 2008-11-24, 22:28
Hi Doomer, Thanks for the tips. I had to laugh at the "WOW" I set that memory to 500 in desperation. I think it was 20 prior to that. I will try your suggestions Dave
Stripped down .CONF for speed? Suggestions
Posted on 2008-11-24, 21:01
Hi people, I need to run win3.1 in DosBox on an XP-Home machine. It works but it is slow. I have tweaked the conf file to the best of my ability and it is still slow. I do not need joystick, sound etc, just the basic mouse, screen, keyboard and printer. When I am using win3.1 I do not care if …
Re: SDL and speed up performance?
Posted on 2008-10-27, 10:42
Thanks for the constructive advice, I will search around and find out how to adjust the check bpp. Dave
Re: SDL and speed up performance?
Posted on 2008-10-27, 10:41
> Is DOSBox working slow for you? I won't know until I change the SDL (whatever that is) and see. Dave
Re: Win3.1 Printer and swap file (virtual memory)
Posted on 2008-10-25, 21:49
Hi DosFreak, Thanks I will go try it right now. Dave
Re: Refreshing the files, how??
Posted on 2008-10-25, 21:48
Hi QBix, Thanks for that. I will give it a try. Dave
SDL and speed up performance?
Posted on 2008-10-25, 21:47
Hi, DosBox idsplays this during start up... SDL:You are running in 24 bpp mode, this will slow down things! I have searched on SDL and cannot find what it is and if I need it. More importantly, how can I change this to speed things up? Are there SDL switches? I have been through the docs and can't …
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-23, 21:34
Yeah, but HAL was not assisting the original poster with even a suggestion of where to look. Then flatly announcing AllowIO would not work and not mentioning the build that HE had done does work. Any way as I said, moot, the laptop is working fine under DOS 6.1 and win3.1 DosBox saved me a lot of …
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-23, 16:30
You said nowhere that it would work with AllowIO and YOUR build. I don't know the intricacies of this stuff, I am a user of the technology and not a developer. I was trying to be helpful to Matt and you never once offered him a suggestion that ALlowIO would work to solve the problem he was having. …
Re: Refreshing the files, how??
Posted on 2008-10-23, 01:18
Thanks but I meant for DosBox to automatically do it when a file is added to a folder. I thought there might be a switch for it. XP constantly monitors folder activity and updates as required and I was kinda hoping DosBox might be able to do the same. The Ctrl+F4 will be a help, thanks again, I will …
Refreshing the files, how??
Posted on 2008-10-22, 23:57
Hi all, I am using XP and DosBox to run win3.1. Using win3.1 explorer I can see the files in my DosBox-mounted drive as expected but if I Alt-Tab back to XP and copy a file from a networked PC into the mounted drive, then Alt-Tab back to win3.1 I cannot see the new file. I tried closing win3.1 and …
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-22, 23:50
Hi Matt, See my reply to HAL for the output from installing AllowIO and PortTalk. You will need to follow the instructions for AllowIO and PortTalk. It is too complicated to go through it here and the instructions are understandable if you have a reasonable knowledge of DOS. I am sorry I can't be …
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-22, 23:41
HAL, Why would I try it without when I know it does not work without it. Hell I spent the best part of a week getting win3.1 to use a bi-di printer port. C:\Documents and Settings\Blade S>cd \win31\dosbox C:\Win31\DosBox>allowio dosbox.exe 0x378 AllowIO for PortTalk V2.0 Copyright 2002 Craig Peacock …
Re: Win3.1 Printer and swap file (virtual memory)
Posted on 2008-10-21, 00:38
Well the swap file is just like another file to windows 3.1 so DosBox would not need to know about it just allocate more space. It seems as if DosBox is limiting the amount of drive space allocation. I don't suppose you noticed I said "Win3.1" per chance. That is a 16-bit DOS operating system front …
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-21, 00:30
OK if you say so, but I have had it running for about 6 months. Must be magic. Dave
Re: Windows 3.11 Printing Issue
Posted on 2008-10-20, 12:57
Hal, The OP is using win 3.1 and wants to print. I am running DosBox under XP to run win3.1 and you need AllowIO for DosBox to pass through to the printer especially bi-direction printer ports. Dave
Re: Win3.1 Printer and swap file (virtual memory)
Posted on 2008-10-20, 12:53
Hi HAL, Thanks for that but I had already tried setting memsize. It was set at 16 so I made it 50 but it made no difference to the swap file max. I think memsize applies to RAM memory and not disk size but that's just a guess. Thanks anyway. Dave
Re: window offset each time
Posted on 2008-10-20, 12:09
Have you tried moving the window to where you want it? Mine opens where I left it last time. Dave
Re: Printing from DosBox (LPT1)
Posted on 2008-10-20, 12:07
Do a search on AllowIO. That may help. Dave
Re: Closing DOSBox.
Posted on 2008-10-20, 12:06
I have to side with QBix on that one. RTFM first. Another option since you are running from a Batch file is to add Exit as the last line of your Batch file. Dave
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