Running Dos 6.22 on dosbox (clean svn): why do the cycles switch to "max"?

Posted on 2020-01-07, 14:41

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by kruwi

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I have recently - out of curiosity - installed MS-DOS 6.22 in dosbox using a clean svn build, a 120 MB hard disk image and the dos 6.22 floppy images. It works great - although I have not yet encountered any real "compatibilty advantages" compared to using just dosbox's builtin "dos" and mounting …

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Re: Need to Run old dos based program

Posted on 2020-01-05, 13:38

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It works fine for most apps, though.

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Re: Boot MS-DOS inside Dosbox: Cycles=max?

Posted on 2011-12-16, 18:26

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Thank you for the information. Then I guess it's because those drivers are loaded in my config.sys? Is there a way to change the cpu core // cycles=auto settings after I have booted MS-DOS from the image?

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Boot MS-DOS inside Dosbox: Cycles=max?

Posted on 2011-12-16, 16:36

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I have created a harddisk image and have installed MS-DOS 6.22 and some other apps on that image (Turbo Pascal, Win 3.11 etc.). Everytime I boot from that image (boot -l c) the cycles will automatically change to max. Maybe the cpu core changes to dynamic core also, but I am not sure about that. …

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Re: Ubuntu 9.10 - Sound stutters

Posted on 2010-02-16, 07:22

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Switch to plain debian. why use the copy if there is the original?

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Re: Debian Build

Posted on 2009-11-19, 14:33

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why don't you want to compile the sources? Installiung the dependencies (the required dev-packages) is pretty easy. And if you don't want to mess with your system, well: You don't actually have to do a "make install"! "Configure" and "make" will suffice, after that you can just run the executable …

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Re: Some Windows 3.1 Games Don't Work with DOSBox 0.73

Posted on 2009-05-30, 19:03

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Try a different cputype. Besides that, betrayal of antara was not playable in 0.72. I think cputype=486_slow will do the trick.[/quote]

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Re: Is it possible to use dosbox without X11 to run text-based DOS exe programs?

Posted on 2009-04-24, 18:15

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Yes, you can use dosemu without the X-Window-System.

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Re: Installing GeoWorks Ensemble?

Posted on 2009-04-09, 13:40

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Norton Commander asked: Just out of curiousity, why are you trying to install Geoworks? I had purchased Ensemble 2.0 in the days of Windows 3.0 and installed it. To be honest I wasn't impressed. Ensemble was nothing more than a shell with AOL built-in and some included apps. Windows had 386 …

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Re: DOSBox on an EEE 901 - What can I expect?

Posted on 2009-03-25, 12:05

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I think the problem is related to ubuntu. I have an atom based eeepc, too (900a). I used to have sound problems under ubuntu 8.10, switching to debian lenny solved all the problems for me.

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Re: Dos Edit function?

Posted on 2009-02-19, 10:21

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Or if you prefer to relive the "good (?) old days" you can download the freedos msdoseditor-clone and use that one inside dosbox just like you did in the ms-dos era. I'll upload it for you convenience. Have fun.

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Re: DOSBox in Ubuntu 8.10 - Sound Glitchy

Posted on 2009-02-10, 13:56

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I haven't tried 8.10 yet and I think it is a good thing I didn't upgrade yet :) Which sound system are they using this time ? Are still on that pulseaudio stuff ? for dosbox you could try experimenting with the blocksize and the prebuffer size. I also used to have these problems after upgrading …

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Re: Windows 95 and DOSBox.

Posted on 2009-02-10, 13:49

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Don't let the others disencourage you! Try it out (maybe use HAL's CVS-Build instead of the official ones) and have fun. Experimenting is everything! But you better don't ask these questions HERE because Windows 95 is not officially supported. Contacting HAL via PM might be helpful as he can …

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Re: grand prix 2

Posted on 2008-12-07, 11:42

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Does anyone else have the problem that gp2 works using the default dos4gw dosextender but constantly exits to the command prompt with a "divide by zero" message when you try to run it using dos32a? Is this a dos32a bug or a dosbox bug? ... no difference between the official dosbox 0.72 and the …

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Re: Can't install Microsoft Office 4 :(

Posted on 2008-10-03, 13:26

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What is "timestamp support" ? I am just curious. @Nobuo...: no comment.

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Re: Can I install ms-dos 6.22 inside dosbox?

Posted on 2008-06-25, 12:58

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Just curious: Does the DOS-Window inside Win 3.11 work if you install MS-DOS inside Dosbox? What about the other (few) limitations? Actually, I have not yet come across a dos app that dosbox is not capable of running off... !

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Re: Typo in mixer.h

Posted on 2008-05-06, 14:04

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Maybe this will solve my problems also. Yesterday evening I had trouble compiling the latest cvs sources under xubuntu linux 7.10 (gcc 4.1x).

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Re: Can I install ms-dos 6.22 inside dosbox?

Posted on 2008-04-13, 09:11

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And you have to beware of this: If you boot MS-DOS inside dosbox, you will not be able to use the dosbox-shortkeys any more. Dosbox will still be running in the background, though, but you will lose the kinds of control mechanisms that make using dosbox so convenient, e.g. lowering the cycles or …

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Re: printer patch

Posted on 2008-02-18, 14:35

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You are the man! 😎 This is (imho) one of the most important patches around here. Yes, I want this patch for linux and yes I want this patch to make it into cvs... .!!

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Re: linux in dosbox

Posted on 2008-02-13, 10:08

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Seem impossible to me because Linux has always been a real 32 bit OS and dosbox is designed to boot 16 bit OSs. Windows 95 for example is a "16 bit dos system" which makes use of something like a permanent 32 bit extender (ok, this is really a layman's guess).

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