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Official port of DosBox for Windows RT?

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First post, by pete.d

Posted on 2013-01-12, 19:05

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Currently we have an initial recompile of DOSBox running on ARM/Windows RT (Surface RT and other tablets):

According to the guy who ported it,

Also, fun fact, DosBox and SDL run from within an appcontainer, this could be run from a non-jailbroken WinRT tablet.

Would the DOSBox developers consider releasing an official fully-functional supported port that we can download with confidence and use to run our beloved DOS games on our RT tablets, please? I'm sure lots of people would be highly grateful for this.

Reply 1 of 6, by dosquest

Posted on 2013-01-30, 21:12

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No! That's what SVN builds are for, besides I highly doubt your administer wants you playing games, I mean who would be stupid enough to but such a fucking terrible product as a windows 8 tablet.

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Reply 2 of 6, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2013-01-30, 22:28

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First, the developers would need a Windows RT device, otherwise they would not be able to put their official stamp of approval on a program they could not compile or test. If that happens, perhaps they will survey interest.

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Reply 3 of 6, by weddi_eddy

Posted on 2013-05-22, 17:56

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I think it would vastly benefit Windows RT and Windows 8 if you could create a Windows Store App or DosBox that had a very nice interface to it. So... How can I get a developer a Windows RT device?

Reply 4 of 6, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2013-05-22, 18:42

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The only way is to donate it (the device itself, not the money to buy it) .

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Reply 5 of 6, by weddi_eddy

Posted on 2013-05-22, 19:27

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But of course. The only problem with Windows RT is that you are limited to the Windows App store. I'm not sure how developers can play around with one.

I may be in the market for a new Windows tablet and I may be willing to part with my RT tablet. It's an ASUS VivoTab. As MS seem bent on their app store, I think DosBox would be a very nice addition to portable tablet play of the classics.

Reply 6 of 6, by weddi_eddy

Posted on 2013-06-03, 09:38

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How about if I were to be design the layout for this for the Modern UI. Would someone be willing to code to it?

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