linux-msdos-digest Friday, 21 May 1999 Volume 01 : Number 143
In this issue:
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From: Kenneth Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:00:53 +0200
Subject: Swedish characters in dosemu
I'm busy setting up Dosemu to run a simple dos application.
Everything works fine except that I cannot type the swedish characters
(��� ���).
My setup is Redhat 6 with dosemu .99 and I am using a dos (hda1)
partition with Windoze98.
term_char_set is set to ibm. I've tried setting layout to sw and sf
without result.
Does anybody have a solution?
Regards Kenneth karlsson
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From: "LTtop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:52:36 +0200
Subject: DOSEMU
On my linux ( kernel 2.2.6 ) I use dosemu-0.98.1. I have two problems, at
the DOS prompt the cursor is invisible, and often the emulator stops after
this message:
CPU speed set to 400/1 Mhz
Running on CPU=586, FPU=1, rdtsc=1
and I must kill it.
I send you my dosemu.conf, could You help me to resolv and improve options ?
############################################################################
##
# This file is /etc/dosemu.conf, included by /var/lib/dosemu/global.conf
#
# Linux DOSEMU configuration for parser versions >= 3 (dosemu-0.97.0.1)
#
# ./doc/README.txt (chapter 2.) contains a description of the syntax
# and the usage of dosemu.conf.
#
#
# Access rights are defined in
#
# /etc/dosemu.users
#
############################################################################
##
# Notes for editing this section:
#
# In $_xxx = (n) n is a numerical or boolean value
# = =
# In $_zzz = "s" s is a string
#
# Please edit only beteen the brakets and quotes and keep the rest intact.
# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
$_debug = "-a" # same format as -D commandline option
# (but without the -D in front)
$_timint = (on) # emulate INT08 type timer interrupts
$_mathco = (on) # or off
$_cpu = (80586) # CPU emulation, valid values: 80[345]86
$_rdtsc = (on) # if possible use Pentium cycle counter
$_cpuspeed = (0) # 0 = calibrated by dosemu, else given (e.g.166.666)
$_pci = (on)
$_xms = (32768) # in Kbyte
$_ems = (1024) # in Kbyte
$_ems_frame = (0xe000)
$_dpmi = (31744) # in Kbyte
$_dosmem = (640) # in Kbyte, < 640
$_hardware_ram = "" # list of segment values/ranges such as
# "0xc8000 range 0xcc000,0xcffff"
$_secure ="ngd" # secure for: n (normal users), g (guest), d (dexe)
# empty string: depending on 'restricted'
# "0": always insecure (not recommended)
$_odd_hosts = "" # black list such as "lucifer.hell.com billy.the.cat"
$_diskless_hosts="" # black list such as "hacker1 newbee gateway1"
$_emusys = "SYS" # empty or 3 char., config.sys -> config.XXX
$_emubat = "BAT" # empty or 3 char., autoexec.bat -> autoexec.XXX
$_emuini = "INI" # empty or 3 char., system.ini -> system.XXX
$_hogthreshold = (1) # 0 == all CPU power to DOSEMU
$_irqpassing = "" # list of IRQ number (2-15) to pass to DOS such as
# "3 8 10"
$_speaker = "native" # or "native" or "emulated"
$_term_char_set = "" # empty == automatic, else 'ibm' or 'latin'
$_term_color = (on) # terminal with color support
$_term_updfreq = (4) # time between refreshs (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_escchar = (30) # 30 == Ctrl-^, special-sequence prefix
$_rawkeyboard = (1) # bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous
$_layout = "it" # one of: finnish(-latin1), de(-latin1), be, it, us
# uk, dk(-latin1), keyb-no, no-latin1, dvorak, po
# sg(-latin1), fr(-latin1), sf(-latin1), es(-latin1)
# sw, hu(-latin2), hu-cwi, keyb-user
$_keybint = (on) # emulate PCish keyboard interrupt
$_X_updfreq = (5) # time between refreshs (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_X_title = "DOS in a BOX" # Title in the top bar of the window
$_X_icon_name = "xdos" # Text for icon, when minimized
$_X_keycode = (on) # on == translate keybord via dosemu keytables
$_X_blinkrate = (8) # blink rate for the cursor
$_X_font = "" # basename from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/*
# (without extension) e.g. "vga"
$_X_mitshm = (on) # Use shared memory extensions
$_X_sharecmap = (off) # share the colormap with other applications
$_X_fixed_aspect = (on) # Set fixed aspect for resize the graphics window
$_X_aspect_43 = (on) # Always use an aspect ratio of 4:3 for graphics
$_X_lin_filt = (off) # Use linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_bilin_filt = (off) # Use bi-linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_mode13fact = (2) # initial size factor for video mode 0x13 (320x200)
$_X_winsize = "" # "x,y" of initial windows size (defaults to float)
$_X_gamma = (1.0) # gamma correction
$_X_vgaemu_memsize = (1024) # size (in Kbytes) of the frame buffer for
emulated vga
$_X_lfb = (on) # use linear frame buffer in VESA modes
$_X_pm_interface = (on) # use protected mode interface for VESA modes
$_X_mgrab_key = "" # KeySym name to activate mouse grab, empty == off
$_X_vesamode = "" # "xres,yres ... xres,yres"
# List of vesamodes to add. The list has to contain
# SPACE separated "xres,yres" pairs
$_video = "vga" # one of: plainvga, vga, ega, mda, mga, cga
$_console = (1) # use 'console' video
$_graphics = (1) # use the cards BIOS to set graphics
$_videoportaccess = (1) # allow videoportaccess when 'graphics' enabled
$_vbios_seg = (0xc000) # set the address of your VBIOS (e.g. 0xe000)
$_vbios_size = (0x10000)# set the size of your BIOS (e.g. 0x8000)
$_vmemsize = (4096) # size of regen buffer
$_chipset = "" # one of: plainvga, trident, et4000, diamond, avance
# cirrus, matrox, wdvga, paradise
$_dualmon = (0) # if you have one vga _plus_ one hgc (2 monitors)
$_vbootfloppy = "" # if you want to boot from a virtual floppy:
# file name of the floppy image under /var/lib/dosemu
# e.g. "floppyimage" disables $_hdimage
# "floppyimage +hd" does _not_ disable $_hdimage
$_floppy_a ="threeinch" # or "fiveinch" or empty, if not existing
$_floppy_b = "" # dito for B:
$_hdimage = "/dev/hdc1" # list of hdimages under /var/lib/dosemu
# assigned in this order such as
# "hdimage_c hdimage_d hdimage_e"
# If the name begins with '/dev/', then partion
# access is done instead of virtual hdimage such as
# "/dev/hda1" or "/dev/hda1:ro" for readonly
# Currently mounted devices and swap are refused.
# Hdimages and devices may be mixed such as
# "hdimage_c /dev/hda1 /dev/hda3:ro"
# Note: 'wholedisk' is _not_ supported.
$_hdimage_r = $_hdimage # hdimages for 'restricted access (if different)
$_com1 = "" # e.g. "/dev/mouse" or "/dev/cua0"
$_com2 = "" # e.g. "/dev/modem" or "/dev/cua1"
$_mouse = "ps2" # one of: microsoft, mousesystems, logitech, mmseries
# mouseman, hitachi, busmouse, ps2
$_mouse_dev = "/dev/mouse" # one of: com1, com2 or /dev/mouse
$_mouse_flags = "emulate3buttons" # list of none or one or more of:
# "emulate3buttons cleardtr"
$_mouse_baud = (0) # baudrate, 0 == don't set
$_printer = "lp" # list of (/etc/printcap) printer names to appear as
# LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 (not all are needed, empty for none)
$_printer_timeout = (20)# idle time in seconds before spooling out
$_ports = "" # list of portnumbers such as "0x1ce 0x1cf 0x238"
# or "0x1ce range 0x280,0x29f 310"
# or "range 0x1a0,(0x1a0+15)"
$_ipxsupport = (off) # or on
$_novell_hack = (off)
$_vnet = (off) # 'on' for packet-multi (used by dosnet)
$_sound = (on) # sound support on/off
$_sb_base = (0x220)
$_sb_irq = (9)
$_sb_dma = (1)
$_sb_dsp = "/dev/dsp"
$_sb_mixer = "/dev/mixer"
$_mpu_base = "0x330"
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From: Michal Samek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:14:27 +0200
Subject: Problems with DPMI application
Hi all the dosemu gurus :-) (sorry for my english).
I have a problem (of course): I can't start some application under
dosemu. It's clipper linked by Blinker 3.0 - DOS extended application.
I'm using version 0.98.5-1 from RPM on Linux 2.2.5 64MB ram Celeron cca
250 Mhz.
I was experimenting with different settings of DPMI and XMS memory in
dosemu.conf but Blinker Extender tells me that it can't run "Under this
memory manager configuration" - but I can see enough of free XMS memory
with mem command.
Maybe some of you knows what to do? If any ideas please reply also
directly to me - I'm not the subscriber.
Thanks a lot
- --
Michal Samek, Tony distribuce s.r.o.
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ICQ: 38607210
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From: "pseudo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 21:43:29 +0200
Subject: aspi
any1 know if aspi works with dosemu and program like dao (disk-at-once burning proggy)
will work too ?
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From: Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 12:50:44 +0000
Subject: Re: Dosemu and MEGAZEUX
On Tue, 11 May 1999, Nathan Halabuda wrote:
>On Sun, 9 May 1999, Declan Moriarty wrote:
>
>> I am having a problem trying to run the program megazeux.exe on
>> my laptop. I have Dosemu 0.98.6, and kernel 2.2.5, from the
>> SuSE 6.1 snapshot, and Dos 7 from Windoze 95.
>>
>> Megazeux is a game scripter/player, running under native dos
>> and using many enhanced ansi 256 character sets as graphics; These
>> character sets come with a game, not just your standard ascii. Ansi.sys
>> is never loaded under Dos, but these load under dos. Under dosemu, I am
>> getting 7 bit characters from the standard keyboard font. The program
>> works, but the graphics are (expletive deleted) lousy.
>>
>> Can someone explain in what fashion my configuration is lacking?
>try changing your charcter set to ibm. in the /etc/dosemu.conf file you
>will see an entry that by default looks like:
>$_term_char_set = ""
>and you want to change it to:
>$_term_char_set = "ibm"
>then start dosemu as always and ansi graphics should work from the
>console. hope this helps.
>
>nathan
Thanks for the thought, Nathan. What happens with "ibm" set is
that I get an improved impression, but nowhere near the original. I
tried "Latin" also, but that was worse. Megazeux uses prints to the
screen in ansi. Any object is shown by typing ansi characters to the
screen. Your character is unually a 'funny face' in 80x25 colour.
White background comes out as a % sign instead of the white solid. I
seem to be getting 7 bit instead of 8 bit on screen. These games are
usually stored as a subdir of the Megazeux directory, and some even
come with their own character sets (somename.chr), but they don't
appear to be loading either. Is there a video mode problem do you think?
BTW, for any interested, Megazeux is free, with games free also, from
such sites as http://welcome.to/mzxmecca, http://www.zeux.org,
http://public.usit.net/dbwilli.
- --
Regards
Declan Moriarty
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From: DeclanMoriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 09:04:25 +0000
Subject: Re: MEGAZEUX and Dosemu
On Tue, 11 May 1999, you informed me:
>> I am having a problem trying to run the program megazeux.exe on
>> my laptop. I have Dosemu 0.98.6, and kernel 2.2.5, from the
>> SuSE 6.1 snapshot, and Dos 7 from Windoze 95.
>
>
>try changing your charcter set to ibm. in the /etc/dosemu.conf file you
>will see an entry that by default looks like:
>
>$_term_char_set = ""
>
>and you want to change it to:
>
>$_term_char_set = "ibm"
On reflection, I'm not sure this is the whole story. Megazeux uses about
16 colours, in 80x25. It is also crashing, as far as I can tell,
once into game play. Nothing moves. The program "c:\vgaon" in Dosemu
exits with the remark "Video Bios not mapped". The video is a Chips&Tech
65550, running a dual scan 800x600 display, but Dos (Which defaults to
640x480) fills the screen. I am getting wierd panels of colour at
various points.
Dosemu 0.66 would exit with a protection fault; if I went in
with a -V (the vga switch... -v?) I would get two orange horizontal
bars across the screen and LINUX would hang. Yet this is an untidily
programmed, but simple Dos program.
The laptop is an Acer 370 (P120)
--
Regards
(now at [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Declan Moriarty
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From: Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 22:21:13 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: aspi
On Thu, 13 May 1999, pseudo wrote:
> any1 know if aspi works with dosemu and program like dao (disk-at-once burning
>proggy) will work too ?
>
dosemu-0.98.6/0.99.11 _has_ ASPI support, look at doc/README.txt how to
get it work. Though, no guarantee wether your application will run.
Hans
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From: Yannick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 23:16:06 +0200
Subject: configuration'problem
While trying to launch Dosemu, Iget an error message concerning
global.conf :
Error in : (line295) parse error
Here is the line 295 :
if ($BEING ON eq "console") video {vga} endif.
can someone help me ?
do you need my dosemu.conf and global conf ?
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From: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=FCfke?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:49:08 +0200
Subject: DOS-EMU ERROR in emulated system time / real time clock
I have some time-of-day critical satellite tracking hardware wich is
controlled by a DOS program.
This prog ("hrpt.exe") fails to control the satellite dish under DOSEMU
due to incorrect time of day.
I am using a Pentium 233 PC.
I freed the CMOS-acces (Port $70-$7F) by a line in dosemu.conf :'$_ports
= "range 0x70, 0x7f"
I wrote a test prog to test the clocks, the results are:
There are three methods known to me to read te time of day:
1. Use DOS int $21, AX=$2C00 -- works correct
2. Use SYSTEM int $1A, AX=$0200 -- works correct, but the time cannot
be changed using
the DOS command "time".
3. Use direct port-access to hack the time out of the CMOS.
-- the hours byte is in binary while the minutes and seconds byte are
in BCD.
The CMOS states the time to be displayed in BCD (Register $0B of CMOS,
bit 3 of
8 is clear).
One bug that is common to all times: they run at UTC while my system
runs in European (summer) time as the CMOS does.
There is another problem with that program:
It uses a VESA-screen as display, but there it can only output chars
there, digits of numbers are left blank. All other Super-VGA (VESA)
operations work fine.
Thank you a lot for your help !
BTW: where do I get the sourcecodes of the "stable" releases ?
- --
Wr8Ul8r,
Martin
- --
Visit: www.computermuseum.fh-kiel.de
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From: Martin =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=FCfke?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 17:09:02 +0200
Subject: DOS-EMU ERROR in emulated system time / real time clock
I have some time-of-day critical satellite tracking hardware wich is
controlled by a DOS program.
This prog ("hrpt.exe") fails to control the satellite dish under DOSEMU
due to incorrect time of day.
I am using a Pentium 233 PC.
I freed the CMOS-acces (Port $70-$7F) by a line in dosemu.conf :'$_ports
= "range 0x70, 0x7f"
I wrote a test prog to test the clocks, the results are:
There are three methods known to me to read te time of day:
1. Use DOS int $21, AX=$2C00 -- works correct
2. Use SYSTEM int $1A, AX=$0200 -- works correct, but the time cannot
be changed using
the DOS command "time".
3. Use direct port-access to hack the time out of the CMOS.
-- the hours byte is in binary while the minutes and seconds byte are
in BCD.
The CMOS states the time to be displayed in BCD (Register $0B of CMOS,
bit 3 of
8 is clear).
One bug that is common to all times: they run at UTC while my system
runs in European (summer) time as the CMOS does.
There is another problem with that program:
It uses a VESA-screen as display, but there it can only output chars
there, digits of numbers are left blank. All other Super-VGA (VESA)
operations work fine.
Thank you a lot for your help !
BTW: where do I get the sourcecodes of the "stable" releases ?
- --
Wr8Ul8r,
Martin
- --
Visit: www.computermuseum.fh-kiel.de
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From: "Dave Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 13:37:54 PDT
Subject: modem on dosemu 0.98.6
Is there a setting I have wrong in my dosemu.conf file or something that's
preventing me from using my modem? My younger brother and I have been
trying to see if we can get my 486 to communicate with another 486 (running
win95) over a direct-link. The only program we have that can do this is
warcraft, and every time I try and tell the game to run a direct link game,
my machine locks up on me. Is there something I need to do to get my modem
working properly with dosemu, or is it a hopeless cause?
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From: Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Configuration help needed
I've installed dosemu-0.98 on my linux system. The machine's hard drives
are set up as follows:
/dev/hda1 win95
/dev/hdb1 dos7 (IBM PC-DOS 7)
/dev/hdc1 linux
In /etc/dosemu.conf, I have the drive images set so that hd_first,
/dev/hdb1 and /dev/hda1 are seen in that order. When I type `dos -C', I'm at
a C: prompt, but the command processor cannot be found. When I enter
`d:\4dos.com', up comes the c: prompt and I'm in (apparently) a freedos c:
drive. My dos programs are on d:.
There are two programs I want to run because I've not found linux
replacements for them. The first is the PIM called InfoSelect (which I've
used since 1985) and it is critical to me. It is a text-based management
system which has worked flawlessly all these years. It runs nicely under
doesmu.
The other program I want to run is my personal accounting software,
MoneyCounts 6.5. When I try to run this, however, the attempt fails with the
following error message:
Program unable to start.
Files = 20 missing from config.sys on boot disk.
See error code 4 in manual.
I'm puzzled. My real DOS partition has config.sys set up with files=50,
and with the shell command pointing to d:\4dos.com. Obviously dosemu isn't
seeing it. I have been through the documentation several times and I cannot
see what I need to change.
I'd like to be able to use the config.sys and autoexec.bat on the d: drive
(/dev/hdb1) and I'd like to try to access the two windows programs I still
need which are on /dev/hda1.
Have I explained the problem well enough for someone more experienced than
I to tell me what I need to modify? If not, ask questions and I'll provide
the answers. :-)
Thanks in advance,
Rich
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.
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From: Esa Tikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 16:30:59 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Re: DOS-EMU ERROR in emulated system time / real time clock
On Sat, 15 May 1999, Martin S�fke wrote:
> It uses a VESA-screen as display, but there it can only output chars
> there, digits of numbers are left blank. All other Super-VGA (VESA)
> operations work fine.
I had that problem and it was fixed be compiling a rather new
(>0.99.6) development version of dosemu.
> BTW: where do I get the sourcecodes of the "stable" releases ?
Nearly the same place as the developer releases? www.dosemu.org/stable
- --
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From: Steffen Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:16:20 +0200
Subject: Re: Configuration help needed
On Sun, 16 May 1999, Rich Shepard wrote:
> I've installed dosemu-0.98 on my linux system. The machine's hard drives
> are set up as follows:
> /dev/hda1 win95
> /dev/hdb1 dos7 (IBM PC-DOS 7)
> /dev/hdc1 linux
>
> In /etc/dosemu.conf, I have the drive images set so that hd_first,
> /dev/hdb1 and /dev/hda1 are seen in that order. When I type `dos -C', I'm at
> a C: prompt, but the command processor cannot be found. When I enter
> `d:\4dos.com', up comes the c: prompt and I'm in (apparently) a freedos c:
> drive. My dos programs are on d:.
> [...]
The FreeDOS may not be compatible enough in your case. Try booting the PC-DOS 7
instead. And don�t forget to edit the config.sys and autoexec.bat files on the
*boot* filesystem.
There should be a script somewhere in dosemu that will assist you in creating a
bootable image (forgot its name, sorry).
Or, alternatively, if you got a relatively recent dosemu, you can boot straight
from a directory (without an image). Just place the appropriate link into
/var/lib/dosemu.
Bye,
Steffen
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From: Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 11:36:33 -0500
Subject: floppy A: B:, vbootfloppy and 0.98.6
I have spent hours and hours working with my dosemu setup because
no matter how I configure it, I could not access floppy A: This
is version 0.98.6
If I used _vbootfloppy the BOOTOFF.COM program was
non-functional. I could never see anything but the boot image.
So yesterday I made a hard drive image to boot from instead.
When I use that, then everytime I try to read or write from the
floppy drive it spins for just a moment and locks up. (Just
dosemu, of course, not the whole machine).
So I tried the new "boot directory" option. Unfortunately it was
just as with the hard drive image. The floppy spins for a moment
and locks the emulator.
I finally found an answer tucked in the mail archives (where I
must have missed it before). It was the following patch to
0.98.6
- --- dosemu-0.98.6/src/base/misc/utilities.c~ Sat Mar 20
23:52:30 1999
+++ dosemu-0.98.6/src/base/misc/utilities.c Tue Mar 23
10:31:29 1999
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
static struct itimerval itv_old_;
static struct itimerval *itv_old = &itv_old_;
static struct itimerval itv;
- - if (on) setitimer(TIMER_TIME, itv_old, NULL);
+ if (on) setitimer(TIMER_TIME, &itv_old_, NULL);
else {
itv.it_interval.tv_sec = itv.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
itv.it_value = itv.it_interval;
I applied the patch and it worked for me. I am still booting
from a "boot directory" now.
I tried switching back to _vbootfloppy, but still I find that
BOOTOFF.COM is non-functional. But I can at least write to the
floppy drive now with the "boot directory" approach. If you are
having problems with your floppy and happen to be running the
most recent "stable" version you might consider the patch and use
some other boot method than _vbootfloppy.
Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 07:13:55 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Re: DOS-EMU ERROR in emulated system time / real time clock
> BTW: where do I get the sourcecodes of the "stable" releases ?
ftp://ftp.dosemu.org
you forgot to say which version of dosemu you are using.
The latest stable version is 0.98.6
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From: jrhall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 15:12:46 -0400
Subject: cdrom in msdos under dosemu
Hi, I have a cdrom drive that came with my system that I need to use in
dos but the drivers for it don't recognize it (and it becomes
unavailable)
please email me at my email account, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 18:05:23 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Re: cdrom in msdos under dosemu
> Hi, I have a cdrom drive that came with my system that I need to use in
> dos but the drivers for it don't recognize it (and it becomes
> unavailable)
> please email me at my email account, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just use lredir to make it look like a network drive,
e.g. if you mount the drive in linux as /mnt/cdrom, then mount
it and in dos, type:
lredir d: linux\fs\mnt/cdrom
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From: Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:59:05 +0200 (METDST)
Subject: sharing a boot-directory amongst many users
Hi all,
Well I needed an extra harddrive so I removed the one from my pc which
contained dos and windows ;)
I still play some dos games and I already used dosemu for that with the
very nice bootdir method. So I just copied the nescesarry files to a
directory in /var/lib/dosemu.
Now that works fine. I made the dir:
rwxrwsr-x root users
So that all users can use it and all files created in it are group users.
I also use this for my /archive partition and under plain linux it works
fine. My umask is 002 ofcourse for this to work but that's ok since I use
RedHat which has this umask anyway.
My problem is that creating files under dosemu work fine they become:
rw-rw-r-- xxxx users
But for some reason dosemu creates dirs:
rwxr-sr-x xxxx users
I'm pretty certain this is in dosemu somewhere. Any reason why dosemu
creates dirs 755 ? Shouldn't it create them 777 and lett the umask decide?
And where can I find this so I can make my own custom version?
Regards,
Hans
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From: Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:59:58 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: cdrom in msdos under dosemu
On Sun, 16 May 1999, jrhall wrote:
> Hi, I have a cdrom drive that came with my system that I need to use in
> dos but the drivers for it don't recognize it (and it becomes
> unavailable)
If your CDrom is drivable by Linux (what I assume), just mount it under
Linux and export it to DOSEMU/DOS via lredir. An other way is to _not_
mount it and use the DOSEMU supplied cdrom.sys, look at doc/README.txt
chapter 8 (Using CDROMS) for details.
Hans
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Keith Duthie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 17:05:15 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Re: cdrom in msdos under dosemu
On Sun, 16 May 1999, jrhall wrote:
> Hi, I have a cdrom drive that came with my system that I need to use in
> dos but the drivers for it don't recognize it (and it becomes
> unavailable)
Try using the dosemu cdrom driver, instead.
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http://www.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O-
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From: "J. S. Yadav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:05:48 +0530 (IST)
Subject: dosemu- 0.98.6 on red.hat 5.3 (Linux 2.0.36)
Dear sir
I thank to all those who have developed wonderful dosemulator
for Linux. I really love it. I have installed it (dosemu-0.98.6) on
red.hat 5.3. It works fine both in xwindow and otherwise except I can
not access my floppy drives ( I have two floppies: 1.2 mb (drive a:) and
1.4mb (drive B:) on 400Mz Pantium II.
In linux I can access these drive by using "mdir a:"
commands and it works fine but if I try in xdos "dir a:" it hangs. In dos
after "dir a:" it shows files on A: drive and then hangs. While I can
access all harddisk drives in dos as well as in xdos. My /etc/fstab is:
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hda5 /dosd vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hda6 /dose vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hda7 /dosf vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hda8 /dosg vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hda9 /dosh vfat umask=000,defaults 0
0
/dev/hdb6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2 noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
and in my /etc/dosemu.conf, I have following lines
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
$_vbootfloppy = "" # if you want to boot from a virtual floppy:
# file name of the floppy image under
/var/lib/dosemu
# e.g. "floppyimage" disables $_hdimage
# "floppyimage +hd" does _not_ disable
$_hdimage
$_floppy_a = "fiveinch" # or "fiveinch" or "atapi" or empty, if not
existing
# optionally the device may be appended such as
# "threeinch:/dev/fd0"
$_floppy_b = "threeinch" # dito for B:
$_hdimage = "hdimage.first" # list of hdimages under /var/lib/dosemu
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
I would be thankful I any body tells me what I need to do which
will allow me to access in dosemu. With regards
J. S. Yadav
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From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 15:20:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: cdrom in msdos under dosemu
I've got a question, has anyone ever got the CDROM to play music under
dosemu??
On Mon, 17 May 1999, Keith Duthie wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 1999, jrhall wrote:
>
> > Hi, I have a cdrom drive that came with my system that I need to use in
> > dos but the drivers for it don't recognize it (and it becomes
> > unavailable)
> Try using the dosemu cdrom driver, instead.
> --
> Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you *want* to get the point?
> http://www.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O-
>
>
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From: "Sergei A.Trushkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:04:40 +0400
Subject: DOSEMU-2
Sirs,
Sorry, I repeate my letter, because of
we are changing the Internet provider just now and I have not
any reply from you.
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
Could you help me this one problem with dosemu-0.98.1 (Linux, RH5.2)
I have _OLD_ and _checked_ DOS graphics program that
in dosemu often (but not always!) corrupted dosemu
with info:
- ---------------------------------------------------
CPU speed set to 167/1 MHz
Running on CPU=586, FPU=1, rdtsc=1
CPU set to 586
ERROR: unexpected CPU exception 0x06 errorcode: 0x00000000 while in vm86 (DOS)
[00007037]
Program=sigsegv.c, Line=246
[00007037] EIP: 0295:00000baa ESP: 2fba:0000a798 VFLAGS(b): 00000 00110010 01000110
EAX: 00000200 EBX: 00000000 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000000 VFLAGS(h): 00003246
ESI: 00005876 EDI: 0000587a EBP: 00000000 DS: 2fba ES: 01d2 FS: 0000 GS: 0000
[00007038] FLAGS: PF ZF IF RF VM VIF IOPL: 3
[00007039] STACK: 7a 58 76 58 00 00 74 0b 95 02 -> 99 21 d2 01 be 00 99 21 a8 a7
[00007039] OPS : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff -> ff ff ff ff ff 02 00 00 00 00
ffff 0295:0baa ??? di
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
My PC: AMD K6-166 MHz, 32 Mb, Linux 2.0.36
- -----------------------------------------------------------------
The program worked very well in old dosemu (0.60) without such a problem.
Morever, I have no any problem with PC 486 (RH5.1, dosemu 0.67) now.
I would be grateful if you could advise something.
Cheers,
Sergei Trushkin.
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From: christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 23:05:06 -0300 (EST)
Subject: Re: dosemu- 0.98.6 on red.hat 5.3 (Linux 2.0.36)
Just a thought - do you have the floppy mounted when you're running
dosemu? Could be that, if it is.
cr
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Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 01:53:45 -0700
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From: Silvia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:54:29 -0300
Subject: dosemu - help me !!!
How does the DOS emulation through the serial ports works?
What is the default terminal emulation?
How can I change this?
I need to use 25 lines and 80 colums.
Thank's
Silvia R.P. Machado
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From: Steffen Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 17:40:00 +0200
Subject: Re: floppy A: B:, vbootfloppy and 0.98.6
> I have spent hours and hours working with my dosemu setup because
> no matter how I configure it, I could not access floppy A: This
> is version 0.98.6
>
> If I used _vbootfloppy the BOOTOFF.COM program was
> non-functional. I could never see anything but the boot image.
>
> So yesterday I made a hard drive image to boot from instead.
> When I use that, then everytime I try to read or write from the
> floppy drive it spins for just a moment and locks up. (Just
> dosemu, of course, not the whole machine).
>
> So I tried the new "boot directory" option. Unfortunately it was
> just as with the hard drive image. The floppy spins for a moment
> and locks the emulator.
Actually, you describe *two* problems. :-(
> I finally found an answer tucked in the mail archives (where I
> must have missed it before). It was the following patch to
> 0.98.6
Below is the �official� fix for this that will go into 0.98.7:
- --- dosemu-0.98.6.2/src/base/misc/utilities.c Fri Mar 26 20:02:54 1999
+++ dosemu-0.98.6.3/src/base/misc/utilities.c Mon May 17 22:29:35 1999
@@ -506,15 +506,16 @@
void sigalarm_onoff(int on)
{
- - static struct itimerval itv_old_;
- - static struct itimerval *itv_old = &itv_old_;
+ static struct itimerval itv_old;
static struct itimerval itv;
- - if (on) setitimer(TIMER_TIME, &itv_old_, NULL);
- - else {
+ static int is_off = 0;
+ if (on) {
+ if (is_off--) setitimer(TIMER_TIME, &itv_old, NULL);
+ }
+ else if (!is_off++) {
itv.it_interval.tv_sec = itv.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
itv.it_value = itv.it_interval;
- - setitimer(TIMER_TIME, &itv, itv_old);
- - itv_old = NULL;
+ setitimer(TIMER_TIME, &itv, &itv_old);
}
}
> I applied the patch and it worked for me. I am still booting
> from a "boot directory" now.
So this was for problem #1. :-)
> I tried switching back to _vbootfloppy, but still I find that
> BOOTOFF.COM is non-functional. But I can at least write to the
> floppy drive now with the "boot directory" approach. If you are
> having problems with your floppy and happen to be running the
> most recent "stable" version you might consider the patch and use
> some other boot method than _vbootfloppy.
This (problem #2) is actually a known problem. It�s basically the main reason I
developed the boot_dir stuff in the first place for.
At the moment booton/-off simply does not work. I�ll fix this in the near
future (unless someone else does, that is :-) ).
Bye,
Steffen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 00:50:38 -0700
Subject: need technical assistance with irq passing.
Hello,
I'm using slackware linux with kernel 2.2.7. I'm using dosemu 0.98.6 and
I'm trying to do driver development for an adaptive tech card that is not
currently supported under linux. This card uses irq 2. Now, am I correct
in assuming that if an irq is specified in /etc/dosemu.conf that dosemu
is free to utilize it? I'm passing it irq 2 and it is giving me an
invalid irq on that line. Pass it 3,4,5,7, has no problem, do 2 and blow
out. Any help appreciated.
Thanks.
Dave.
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From: Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 16:15:51 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: turn-around-checker, please ignore
... see subject
Hans
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:27:29 +0000
Subject: Re: pcmcia scsi cards ?
On Fri, 14 May 1999, Hugo Rabson wrote:
> I'm planning to buy a pcmcia scsi card & external scsi tape streamer/ zip drive
>to backup a Toshiba 4020. What are readers' personalexperiences with,
say, the >Adaptec pcmcia scsi card?
>
My Panasonic pcmcia scsi cdrom gave me heartache. It is a very
difficult option. You build in scsi, and pcmcia into the kernel.You
need to know what driver it uses, which you have as a module. Then you
hack all the files by hand.
A quick glance at the pcmcia howto will show it's a bitch.
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Declan Moriarty
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From: "Marcel van der Heide" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 19:53:38 +0200
Subject: file share modes and samba
Compiled with the default settings, DosEmu (0.98.6/0.99.11) and Samba
(2.0.4) don't see the share modes of files of each others users. If a
dos smb client opens a file with share mode read/write, DENYALL, a
local copy of the dos program running under DosEmu on the linux server
can still open the same file using the same file mode. With our dos
program this leads to a lot of problems. (two smb clients or two
sessions with dosemu works correctly)
Is there a way to compile Samba and/or DosEmu in such a way that they
see each others share modes, or alternatively, is it possible to use a
tcp/ip client under DosEmu to 'use'/map the smb share (I guess that
would solve the problem, just making the program run slower)?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Marcel van der Heide
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From: "Robert W. March" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 02:52:56 -0400
Subject: Re: DOSemu & dumb terminal
Nathan Halabuda wrote:
> robert,
>
> i found your post on the dosemu mailing list. currently i am trying to
> run some commercial dos applications in DOSemu over a serial terminal
> (wyse150). in your post you said you had been using a wyse60 terminal and
> a COMMERCIAL emmulator with perfect results. was this emulator for Linux?
> where is it available? i am desperate for this terminal to work properly.
Hello Nathan,
I have tried to execute DOS software in Dosemu from a serial terminal. I
have also tried to interest the Dosemu coders in developing the capability
for Dosemu to handle serial terminals. Both efforts have met with failure.
Dosemu does not have the capability to handle serial terminals properly.
The terminal emulator I was referring to was ICETEN from James River Corp.
The DOS emulation software that I was referring to was VP/ix for Unix.
Dosemu is missing many of the features and capabilities of VP/ix.
- -Robert
- --
____________________________________________________________
Robert W. March
St. Andrew's House
L'Orignal ON Canada
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From: Jordan DeLozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:56:37 -0400
Subject: Error with ipx.c
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I get an error when I try to compile dosemu-0.66.7.tgz I use redhat 5.2
linux kernel 2.2.3
This is the error:
ipx.c: In function 'IPXOpenSocket':
ipx.c:486: 'SOL_IPX' undeclared (first use this function)
ipx.c:468: (each undeclared identifier is reported only once
ipx.c:486: for each function it appears in.)
make: *** [ipx.o] Error 1
Do you know why this is? Do you know how to fix this?
Thanks for any help,
Jordan DeLozier
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I get an error when I try to compile dosemu-0.66.7.tgz I use redhat 5.2
<BR>linux kernel 2.2.3
<P>This is the error:
<BR>ipx.c: In function 'IPXOpenSocket':
<BR>ipx.c:486: 'SOL_IPX' undeclared (first use this function)
<BR>ipx.c:468: (each undeclared identifier is reported only once
<BR>ipx.c:486: for each function it appears in.)
<BR>make: *** [ipx.o] Error 1
<P>Do you know why this is? Do you know how to fix this?
<P>Thanks for any help,
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From: Steffen Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 14:08:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Re: need technical assistance with irq passing.
> I'm using slackware linux with kernel 2.2.7. I'm using dosemu 0.98.6 and
> I'm trying to do driver development for an adaptive tech card that is not
> currently supported under linux. This card uses irq 2. Now, am I correct
> in assuming that if an irq is specified in /etc/dosemu.conf that dosemu
> is free to utilize it? I'm passing it irq 2 and it is giving me an
> invalid irq on that line. Pass it 3,4,5,7, has no problem, do 2 and blow
> out. Any help appreciated.
IRQ 2 is special in that it is used to chain the PC�s two interrupt
controllers together. Simply avoid wanting to use it.
Bye,
Steffen
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From: "Shawn Pursley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 11:27:39 -0500
Subject: mtools should be updated...
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I'm just gettings started with DOSEmu -- thought you should now that one =
of you links is outdated at http://www.suse.com/dosemu/, mtools is at =
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+ your online documentation links of 0.67 dosemu goes to an invalid =
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Service Transport
800 528 1616 x 240
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Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 05:40:27 +0000
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From: Gancho Tenev Tenev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 05:42:48 +0000
Subject: help.dosemu!!!
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Hi!
I have installed dosemu 0.66.7-13 (DOS-emulator) from .deb packet comes
with
hamm (Debian 2.0).
I start dosemu "dos" :
#dos
and under dos emulator i went to floppy a:
C:>a:
and start cyrillic.com - this is TSR ( Terminate and Stay Resident )
program that
make me able to type and read cyrillic in DOS.
A:>cyrillic
All looks right ( cirilic TSR say that is alright and is loaded into
memry
and I can use it) but when I try to execute other program ( for exaple
nice
text-editor from ibm :) it faild to load:
A:>e
Insuffitient memory!
Every time I tried to run any of the exutebles from c: or a: I can only
get
above answer ...
I don't understand why! Does Dosemu support TSR ?! Or not ?! :((
I check cyrillic-TSR and e ( text editor ) in real DOS and I see that
they
work fine !
e (text editor) works fine in dosemu DOS fine too! =:-0
I want to run also TSR to convert character from my text editor in
format
suitable for my printer (robotron (9pin) ... epson FX80 compatable ?! I
am not
sure :( ) I have TSR to do that but I can't use them for reason I
mentioned
above ... This TSR program send its output to BIOS directly - LPT1 ( I
thing ) ...
Should I use lpr or not and how to configure dosemu!
HELP ME! #:-0
What I should DO or READ !?
I will glad to recieve any IDEAS!
Thank YOU in advance!
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From: Reinhard Karcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:03:50 +0200
Subject: Re: need technical assistance with irq passing.
At 19 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using slackware linux with kernel 2.2.7. I'm using dosemu 0.98.6 and
> I'm trying to do driver development for an adaptive tech card that is not
> currently supported under linux. This card uses irq 2. Now, am I correct
> in assuming that if an irq is specified in /etc/dosemu.conf that dosemu
> is free to utilize it? I'm passing it irq 2 and it is giving me an
> invalid irq on that line. Pass it 3,4,5,7, has no problem, do 2 and blow
> out. Any help appreciated.
Hi Dave,
I would try IRQ 9.
Reinhard
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From: Karsten Hilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:51:55 +0200 (MESZ)
Subject: Re: need technical assistance with irq passing.
> I'm using slackware linux with kernel 2.2.7. I'm using dosemu 0.98.6 and
> I'm trying to do driver development for an adaptive tech card that is not
> currently supported under linux. This card uses irq 2. Now, am I correct
> in assuming that if an irq is specified in /etc/dosemu.conf that dosemu
> is free to utilize it? I'm passing it irq 2 and it is giving me an
> invalid irq on that line. Pass it 3,4,5,7, has no problem, do 2 and blow
> out. Any help appreciated.
As far as I remember irq 2 (or am I messing up irq's with int lines ?) is
used to cascade pic 1 and pic 2. That may be a reason.
Does the card work under plainly booted dos with irq 2 or on any other
platform ?
Also, dosemu may only utilize passed thru irq's that are utilizable,
currently unused under the host OS (Linux) that is.
Karsten
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From: Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:57:10 +0000
Subject: Dosemu on Acer 370
Has anyone got dosemu working on an Acer 370 (Chips & Tech
65550, 1 meg or more of video ram working fine in X and even in
inferior windows environments at anything up to 800x600 from a PCI bus)
I'm using SuSE 6.1, 2.2.5 kernel, dosemu 0.98.6, booting dos 7 (for
want of a better name).
I have simple enough dos programs which just can't find vga modes
undern dosemu on this laptop. The results are wierd, but I think I've
tracked it down to this. I have one program simply complaining that I
don't have a vga card. Nothing fancy is being tried here. These
programs would probably run from a '286 pc, maybe even ax XT! The
program C:\vgaon (in dosemu) exits at once with the line.
vgaonERROR: VIDEO BIOS NOT MAPPED!!!!
One odd thing about this machine is that Dos, which normally defaults
to 640x480, actually uses the 800x600 of the screen. So something is
telling lies somewhere :). The Bios does not appear to be AMI, or
AWARD, the two I am familiar with. It gives me the following notice
for 1/2 second after reboot:
Chips & Technologies 65550 PCI & VL Accelerated Bios
Video BIOS Version 1.2R1.6
DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED
Copyright (C) Chips & Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved
{Imagine how many reboots it took to read that lot ;-) }
During the bootup, the top line says
BIOS Version 2.0
which I take to be their proprietary system Bios. I have no options
about copying the BIOS into ram. But there is absolutely no upper
memory available to me. MEM /C /P returns no upper memory in total,
used, or free, without drivers, and 393,216 bytes of it with them
(all reserved), and such commands as "dos = high,umb" is ignored. Upper
memory (but not high memory) even disappears from the total
(33,554,432) memory without drivers. The curse of the seven snotty
orphans on Microsoft anyhow - they're to blame for the op system :-(
It otherwise tries to work in Dosemu. I did get
the idea for setting
$_term_char_set = "ibm"
from the dosemu list (Thanks Nathan) but I'm still complaining :-(
Any ideas?
- --
Regards
Declan Moriarty
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From: Arild Hestvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:47:22 +0000
Subject: (no subject)
Hi,
I upgraded from 0.98.5 to 0.98.6 and the program I'm running seems to
run slower on
the later version. Is that possible?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Bialas)
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 19:46:53 -0400
Subject: Dosemu-fault (linux-crash)
Dear Sirs,
I have problems with Dosemu (version 0.98.6, suse linux 6.0, kernel
2.2.5). After starting dosemu correctly from a hdimage .first i like to
change to drive A: (floppy disk).The dosemu does this but after nothing
goes. I can input via keyboard what I like :nothing happend. also
ctrl-alt-pgdn or ctrl-alt f1/2.. does not work.The only way to continue
is a hardware reset!!
what is the reason? I know that in any earlier versions I had no
problems to access the floppy drive. By the way, the access to cdrom is
no problem!
Otherwise I like to encourage you to continue your work.
It's great, that I can run my DOS chess software (also with 32 bit
extender) under Linux. I hope that any time this emulation is so
powerful as under OS/2.
If I can help you to write documentation or so please let me know.
Best regards
Bernhard Bialas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hodges)
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 07:29:55 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Re: Error with ipx.c
> I get an error when I try to compile dosemu-0.66.7.tgz I use redhat 5.2
> linux kernel 2.2.3
You would be better to use dosemu-0.98.6, the latest stable version,
from ftp://ftp.dosemu.org
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From: Miles Efron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 16:11:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: dosemu
i am the linux archivist at unc's metalab (formerly sunsite). was
wondering if a new version of dosemu is available for our archive (we
currently have version 60.4). the url listed in our current lsm was
broken, so i had trouble checking for myself.
- -miles
__________________________________
Miles Efron
Linux Archivist, Harmless Drudge
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: UNIXMAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:39:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: DOSemu & dumb terminal
so you've used VP/ix eh? that must have been on SCO UNIX right. Is it
still supported? I used to use Merge386; they're both quite different
than dosemu.
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Robert W. March wrote:
> Nathan Halabuda wrote:
>
> > robert,
> >
> > i found your post on the dosemu mailing list. currently i am trying to
> > run some commercial dos applications in DOSemu over a serial terminal
> > (wyse150). in your post you said you had been using a wyse60 terminal and
> > a COMMERCIAL emmulator with perfect results. was this emulator for Linux?
> > where is it available? i am desperate for this terminal to work properly.
>
> Hello Nathan,
>
> I have tried to execute DOS software in Dosemu from a serial terminal. I
> have also tried to interest the Dosemu coders in developing the capability
> for Dosemu to handle serial terminals. Both efforts have met with failure.
>
> Dosemu does not have the capability to handle serial terminals properly.
>
> The terminal emulator I was referring to was ICETEN from James River Corp.
> The DOS emulation software that I was referring to was VP/ix for Unix.
> Dosemu is missing many of the features and capabilities of VP/ix.
>
> -Robert
>
> --
> ____________________________________________________________
> Robert W. March
> St. Andrew's House
> L'Orignal ON Canada
>
>
>
>
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