Re: [Freedos-user] Classic user interfaces: MS Bob and many others [OT]
(but hey, he's just a paperclip!) I'm not really sure why, but this phrase is making me laugh way too much. --Jay Maus --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Writing Utilities for FreeDOS
Wow, I'm impressed by all the discussion this has sparked. It's good to see an active dev community. So I think I'm nearly ready to start futzing around with FreeDOS code, but it's still a little foreign to me: I'm used to 32-bit Windows C++. In Visual Studio, no less. Are there any good books or online guides out there for learning intermediate [Free]DOS 16-bit C programming? Also, do I need a native FreeDOS environment to compile in, or can I cross-compile with gcc? Also also, is there a good IDE that'll run in Windows XP, or do I need to use RHIDE in something like DOSBox? I remember using RHIDE on my old old old 486 Laptop the first time I started playing around with DOS code, but it was unbearably slow. Thanks, I'm really appreciative of the FreeDOS community. --Jay --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Fw: [glaunch] There seems to be a porblem
Alrighty, so I wrote the GameLauncher list with a problem I was having in FreeDOS. GameLauncher is a frontend for a bunch of emulators that basically allows you to pick a game, then it runs the emulator with said game. I.e., I select Arkanoid for the NES, and it would run 'c:\ARCADE\ROCKNES\rocknes.exe arkanoid.nes' Unfortunately, it doesn't work right. So. Is what he says true? Does FreeDOS have problems with sub processes? If so, how could GL or FreeDOS be modified to fix this? I'd really like to have FreeDOS running on here. Win98 would be easier, but would use more precious resources; FreeDOS gives me real-time emulation in ZSNES on this machine (233 MHz, 48 MB RAM), where Win98 needs sound turned off. I might have to find my old MS-DOS 6 disks, though. Oh, well. --Jay I dunno... if runit.bat works, but it doesn't run inside GL, maybe FreeDOS has a problem launching sub processes. Maybe try it under MS-DOS or DR-DOS and see if it works. -Dave On Monday, April 19, 2004, at 04:37 PM, Jay Maus wrote: Hello, Gamelaunchers Okay. So I've set up an old 233 MHz Pentium MMX machine as a classic gaming machine. GameLauncher seemed more versatile than ArcadeOS, so I decided to give it a shot. And, well. See the email subject. I'm running Game Launcher in the newest version of FreeDOS. I have it sitting in C:\ARCADE\GLAUNCH, and RockNES sitting in C:\ARCADE\ROCKNES. NES ROM images are in C:\ARCADE\ROCKNES\ROMS. I believe I have the config files set up correctly, but here's what happens: I select an NES game in Game Launcher, and it exits to the command line. Running _gl32 0xdead 0xbeef and selecting, say, Ice Hockey returns this runit.bat: @echo on cd C:\ARCADE\ROCKNES echo Will run: ROCKNES.EXE C:\ARCADE\ROCKNES\ROMS\ICE_HOCK.NES pause ROCKNES.EXE C:\ARCADE\ROCKNES\ROMS\ICE_HOCK.NES cd c:\arcade\glaunch pause Running this batch file does, indeed, load up RockNES with Ice Hockey running. Here's my rocknes.cfg: [Emulator] name = RockNES description = Nintendo directory = c:\arcade\rocknes executable = rocknes.exe global_options = map_file = nes.map options_before_rom = yes screen_shot_directory = c:\arcade\rocknes\shots use_rom_file = no rom_directory = c:\arcade\rocknes\roms rom_extension = nes use_rom_directory = yes So.. what's up? I really want to get this working, it looks really neat. Thanks! --Jay Maus [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ glaunch-public mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/glaunch-public --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 ___ glaunch-public mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/glaunch-public --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ArcadeOS / there seems to be a porblem (installation)
Okay, so I've started the install, and everything's going sorta okay, except.. well, it's bizarre. The first three menus work without a hitch. 1, enter, 1, enter, 1, enter. No problem. After that, things get weird. My machine begins beeping the same way it does when there's a key held down or whatnot. It would appear as though, after I get past the third menu, my computer is ghosting 9 and 4 into STDIN. It's not the keyboard; I unplugged it, and still it ghosts in 9 and 4. On the fourth menu, it eventually goes to the keyboard layout select menu, and something like 9949944949 is in the little text area. Needless to say, this makes installation more or less impossible. I also keep getting CDRcache flush: IOCTL read media change 00ff. And then more 9 and 4 ghosting. Well, I was able to power through it, and got to the installer program deal. Then General Protection Fault reared its ugly head and killed everything. What do I need to do to use FreeDOS on this thing? It used to run Windows98 just fine. I looked through the recent archives, and haven't found anything about the 99949 thing. Then again, that's kinda hard to search for. --Jay From: Jim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Jay. I've started a FreeDOS for Gamers page at http://www.freedos.org/news/games/ I haven't gone back to finish the page - it needs EMM386 added, and I'll also link to a gallery of screenshots. I just haven't had time to finish it. I'll get it finished soon, but the info there already may help you if you would like a sample setup. -jh Jay Maus wrote: I inherited an old 233MHz Pentium from a friend who bought a new Dell system and was sick of looking at his old, clunky PC that had caused him many a problem. I've decided that the thing would be great for playing pre-1990 arcade and console games, perhaps built into a mini desktop cabinet or joystick box that can be connected to a TV. At any rate, I figured FreeDOS would be a great candidate for this. I've used it in my old 486 Laptop, and it has been able to run Nesticle most of the time without a hitch. ArcadeOS is a DOS frontend for several emulators. The ones I'll be running primarily are MAME, KGen98, RockNES and ZSNES. Do all of these emulators work well in FreeDOS? Are there any special settings I should consider? I imagine I'll get some slowdown in ZSNES and KGen98, as well as with the newer arcade games; the machine is a 233 MHz Pentium Pro with only 48 MB of RAM. Any wisdom any of you can share about this stuff would be appreciated, thanks. --Jay Maus Lawrence, KS -- _ This email message has been automatically encrypted using ROT-26. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470alloc_id=3638op=click ___ Freedos-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
