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dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.16 2021-08-01 15:23

Published by joncampbell123 about 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.

Note: For this version please use the 32-bit Visual Studio builds for running under Windows XP.

0.83.16

Release notes for this version:
https://dosbox-x.com/release-0.83.16.html
Added support for extended MS-DOS partitions that
reside in extended partitions. These partitions
can be manually mounted using -o partidx=n where
n is 4 or larger. To assist in partition indexes,
the FAT driver will also print the partition
table to your log file and console when asked to
print debug information. (joncampbell123)
Added dosbox-x.conf options to control VESA BIOS
window size and window granularity. This allows
DOS development to test VESA BIOS support against
SVGA cards that use window sizes and/or window
granularity other than 64KB including older SVGA
hardware by Paradise and Cirrus. Note that use
of these options is intended solely for DOS
development and will break S3 drivers that do not
use the VESA BIOS extensions. (joncampbell123)
Fixed VESA BIOS S3 modelist to match the VBE 1.2
standard modelist properly, including the addition
of modes 0x119-0x11B. (joncampbell123)
Added machine=vesa_oldvbe10 to emulate a VESA
BIOS that follows version 1.0 of the standard.
Specifically, in version 1.0, mode information
like XResolution was OPTIONAL and the VESA BIOS
was allowed not to fill it in since you could
assume the information from the standard video
mode number you applied. This setting emulates
a VESA BIOS that does NOT provide this information,
for testing purposes. Also, machine=vesa_oldvbe is
fixed to never report a LFB, since that was not yet
defined for VBE 1.2. (joncampbell123)
Reorganized Windows installation to 2 installers
installing 32-bit and 64-bit DOSBox-X binaries,
for WinXP+ (all) and Vista+ 64-bit respectively,
reducing the sizes of installers significantly
while adding the SarasaGothicFixed TTF font and
a language selection page for choosing existing
language translations (with new language files
for French and Traditional Chinese). (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now search for more paths (such as
user config directory and "languages" subfolder)
for loading language files before failing, and
on Linux and macOS platforms will also search for
additional directories such as /Library/Fonts/
(Linux) or /Library/Fonts/ (macOS) for TrueType
fonts when using the TTF output. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will try to load the SarasaGothicFixed
TTF font when no external TTF font is specified
and a CJK code page detected at start. (Wengier)
Added Shift+Tab shortcut in Debugger to switch to
previous window complimenting existing function of
Tab switching to the next window. (cimarronm)
LH/LOADHIGH command can now load programs into UMB
memory if it is available. Also added "shellhigh"
config option to decide whether to load builtin
command shell to UMB memory (with default setting
of "auto", it is enabled if reported DOS version
is at least 7, similar to MS-DOS 7+). (cimarronm)
HELP command is now an external command appearing
on Z drive rather than an internal shell command
(it is never a DOS internal command). (Wengier)
Command-line options -eraseconf and -erasemapper
will now erase loaded config file and mapper file
respectively and continue, whereas -resetconf and
-resetmapper will erase user config file or user
mapper file and exit as before. (Wengier)
Added menu group "3dfx" in "Video" menu to toggle
the low-level Voodoo card emulation and high-level
Glide emulation at run-time. (Wengier)
Added menu options "Restart DOSBox-X instance" and
"Restart DOSBox-X with language file" in "Main"
menu to reboot the current DOSBox-X instance or
reboot the DOSBox-X instance with the specified
language file automatically. (Wengier)
Added menu options "Show code overview" and "Show
logging text" in "Debug" menu to show the overview
of the current code and the output of DOSBox-X's
current logging text in debug builds. (Wengier)
Added config option "customcodepage" in the [dos]
section to allow a custom code page, in the format
"customcodepage=nnn,codepagefile" in TrueType font
(TTF) output. CHCP command also supports additional
parameter to specify a code page file. Also added
builtin support for code pages 1250-1258. (Wengier)
Added config option "transparency" in [sdl] section
to change the DOSBox-X window transparency (from 0
to 90, low to high transparency) on the Linux/macOS
SDL2 and Windows platforms. (Wengier)
Added config option "hidenonpresentable" in [dos]
section to toggle whether to filter out file names
on local drives that are non-representative in
current code page. (Wengier)
Added config options "pc-98 try font rom" and
"pc-98 anex86 font" for the PC-98 emulation to
customize the font file to load. If former option
is set to "false", then DOSbox-X will not try to
load FONT.ROM first for PC-98, and latter option
specifies an Anex86-compatible font to load for
PC-98 (before trying FREECG98.BMP). (Wengier)
Added support for composite support for PCjr mode
by porting patch from NewRisingSun. (Wengier)
Non-Japanese DOS/V systems will now use 19-pixel
VGA fonts rather than 16-pixel VGA fonts for SBCS
characters to look better. (Wengier)
You can now also load HZK14/HZK16 font files (for
14- and 16-pixel height) and STDFONT.15 font file
via the "fontxdbcs" and "fontxdbcs14" options for
Simplified Chinese DOS/V (dosv=cn) and Traditional
Chinese DOS/V (dosv=tw) emulations. (Wengier)
Improved the DOS/V font acquisition function on
the Linux platform (both SDL1 & SDL2), such as
adding support for 14-pixel height fonts (used by
Configuration Tool & Mapper Editor), and enhancing
support for Chinese characters acquisition (e.g.
WenQuanYi support for the Traditional Chinese). A
config option "getsysfont" is added which when set
to "false" will disable the font acquisition on
Windows and Linux platforms. (Wengier & nanshiki)
Implemented support for inputing CJK characters
on Linux SDL1 builds using Linux system IMEs. Code
imported from SDL-IM-plus by nanshiki and confirmed
to work on Linux/X11 platform by him.
Added support for inputing Japanese and Korean
characters using system input method (IME) using
the default "windib" video driver in Windows SDL1
build (in addition to "directx" driver). (nanshiki)
Fixed CJK characters not showing correctly for the
SDL-drawn menu with OpenGL outputs if "language"
config option is used instead of -lang command-line
option. Thank nanshiki for catching this. (Wengier)
Fixed setting "machine=amstrad" cause DOSBox-X to
crash on non-Windows platforms. (cimarronm)
Fixed bug related to DBCS vector table. (nanshiki)
Fixed running e.g. built-in DEBUG command from a
drive other than Z may not work. (cimarronm)
Fixed the command "FOR %I ..." not working when
executed from the command line. (Wengier)
For audio/video recording, DOSBox-X will display
a message box showing the saved file name when the
recording has been completed. (Wengier)
Mapper Editor will try to show the actual mod keys
for mod1/mod2/mod3 when clicked. (Wengier)
Removed the special DOS function at Int21h/AH=2B/
CX=0x4442h/DX=0x2D58h in favor of the DOSBox-X
Integration Device at I/O ports 28h-2Bh which works
for both integrated DOS and guest OS environments.
Enabled MT-32 emulation on ARM-based Mac OS X
builds (joncampbell123)
For Configuration Tool, ensure mouse coordinates
are adjusted accordingly with forced scaler. (aybe)
Fixed a bug in the Int21/AH=36h (get disk space)
function for returning very large CX values, and
that non-zero values are returned when the free
space is 0 on mounted local drives. (Wengier)
Fixed "FILES" always fixed to 200 as reported by
the "DOSINFO" tool, in spite of "files" setting in
[config] section of the config file. (Wengier)
Refined the handling of international keyboards and
fixed some issues in version 0.83.15. (maron2000)
Fixed initialization order that prevented Bochs
port E9h emulation from working. (joncampbell123)
Fixed menu options in system menu not working in
Windows SDL1 builds with "windib" driver. (Wengier)
Fixed issue that the mouse cursor not showing in
the game "Power Dolls". (Wengier)
Fixed non-English accents may not show correctly
with a SBCS code page in TrueType Font (TTF) output
(introduced in version 0.83.15). (Wengier)
Fixed line endings for SBCS language files such as
English and Spanish translations. (Wengier)
Fixed resetting the TTF screen when exiting from
Configuration Tool or Mapper Editor when TrueType
font (TTF) output is active. (Wengier)
Fixed the option "drive z expand path" not working
if Virtual Drive Z: has been moved to a different
drive letter (e.g. Drive Y:). (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.15 2021-07-01 08:53

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.

0.83.15

Release notes for this version:
https://dosbox-x.com/release-0.83.15.html
Enhanced the network redirector functions for the
Windows platform, so that you can for example list,
open, write, copy, and execute files in UNC network
paths in the form \\COMPUTER\FOLDER directly when
network redirector function is enabled and secure
mode is disabled on Windows systems. (Wengier)
MOUNT command followed by a drive letter only will
show the current status of the drive, or show that
the drive is not mounted if so. You can make the
message shorter with the -q option, and filter out
non-local drives with "-o local" option. (Wengier)
Added NE2000.COM (packet driver for NE2000 network
card) which will appear in Z:\SYSTEM directory when
NE2000 networking feature is enabled. (Wengier)
Added /H option to TRUENAME command to return the
full filename on the host system for a specified
file/directory on a mounted local drive. (Wengier)
Added option "starttranspath" which if set to true
will automatically translath all paths in command-
line to host system paths when starting programs to
run on the host system. You can also toggle this
function dynamically from the drop-down menu ("DOS"
=> "Host system applications" => "Translate paths
to host system paths". (Wengier)
Added option "drive z expand path" which when set
to true (default) will automatically expand %PATH%
environment variable to include the subdirectories
on the Z drive when only the Z:\ path is specified
for compatibility purposes. (Wengier)
Added option "turbo" in [cpu] section to enable
Turbo (Fast Forward) mode at start. You can also
change it from the command-line via CONFIG command
(e.g. "config -set turbo=true"). (Wengier)
Added value "quiet" to "log console" config option
to only log DOS console outputs. (Wengier)
Added menu command to spawn a new instance of
DOSBox-X to Mac OS X builds to work around the
singular app instance model the Finder tends to
prefer, so that users can run multiple instances
if they wish. (joncampbell123)
MacOS builds will once again have Fluidsynth,
libslirp, and FFMPEG support from revised .app
building code. For best results support is enabled
at compile time only if Brew is installed along
with Brew builds of those packages. (joncampbell123)
MacOS coreaudio MIDI support will continue with
the default soundfont rather than giving up
if it cannot select the custom soundfont specified
in the config file. (joncampbell123)
Fixed MacOS bug where coremidi would attempt
MIDI output even if no MIDI destinations are
available, which is apparently the case on
Big Sur. (joncampbell123)
The names of advanced config options will now be
listed in the common config reference file (i.e.
dosbox-x.reference.conf) too. Several previously
advanced options are now common options. (Wengier)
Command "CONFIG -L" will now list the global config
file for DOSBox-X (if any). (Wengier)
There is now a special DOS function for DOSBox-X at
Int21h/AH=2B/CX=0x4442h('DB')/DX=0x2D58h('-X'), as
follows: AL=0h (DOSBox-X installation check), AL=1h
(SDL version check), AL=2h (platform check), AL=3h
(machine type check), and AL=4h (DOSBox-X version
check). For example, you can get installed DOSBox-X
version by calling the function Int21h/AX=2B04h/CX=
0x4442h/DX=0x2D58h in your program - AL and AH will
become 0, and BX will return the DOSBox-X version
number after "0." (e.g. BH=83, BL=15). (Wengier)
It is now possible to translate text for graphical
Configuration Tool and Mapper Editor interfaces.
The sizes and/or positions of some buttons in these
interfaces are adjusted accordingly too. (Wengier)
Config option "usescancodes=auto" now implies false
for PC-98 mode in SDL1 builds. (Wengier)
Config option "pc-98 force ibm keyboard layout" now
defaults to "auto", which implies "true" if a U.S.
keyboard layout is detected and implies "false"
otherwise. Also fixed some input keys for the PC-98
mode. (Wengier & maron2000)
For PC-98 mode, if both FONT.ROM and FREECG98.BMP
are not found in the directory, then DOSBox-X will
now use internal Japanese font (also used by DOS/V
and JEGA systems) and the built-in 8x16 SBCS font
pre-generated from FREECG98.BMP. (Wengier)
Added DBCS awareness support for special characters
"" and "|" in Chinese/Japanese/Korean code pages
so that they will be treated properly as trailing
bytes of double-byte characters. (Wengier)
Improved handling of clipboard copy/paste involving
DBCS characters with TrueType font (TTF) output in
standard mode. The clipboard copy/paste feature is
also supported in DOS/V and JEGA modes. (Wengier)
The config option ttf.halfwidthkana (now in [ttf]
section) will enable low ASCII boxing characters
for the TrueType font (TTF) output too. This option
is now enabled by default for JP mode, and printing
these characters is also supported. (Wengier)
Added support for showing Chinese/Japanese/Korean
characters in the SDL-drawn menu (in addition to
characters in different SBCS code pages) and the
Configuration Tool interface (so e.g. DOS command
help will show correctly for these languages). You
can change the DBCS font used by Configuration Tool
interface via fontxdbcs14 config option. (Wengier)
Added support for inputing DBCS characters using
system input method (IME) in Windows SDL1 build.
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) IMEs may work
with the default video setting and a Chinese code
page or Chinese DOS/V mode. Japanese & Korean IMEs
may require DirectX mode for the SDL1 library (set
option "videodriver" to "directx" in [sdl] section
for this). There is a new config option "ime" in
[dosbox] section to control it. When set to "auto"
(default), it is enabled for Windows SDL1 builds
only if DOSBox-X is started with a CJK code page or
in PC-98, JEGA or DOS/V mode. (Wengier)
Added support for Japanese EGA mode (machine=jega)
by adopting code from DOSVAXJ3. As with DOS/V, you
can optionally set the SBCS and DBCS fonts with
fontxsbcs, fontxdbcs (and fontxsbcs19, fontxdbcs24,
etc) options in [dosv] section of config file, or
the default fonts will be used for them. (Wengier)
Added support for DOS/V (Japanese mode) by adopting
code from DOSVAXJ3. Also added support for Chinese
and Korean DOS/V modes. Set option "dosv" to "jp",
"chs" (or "cn"), "cht" (or "tw"), or "ko" in [dosv]
section of the config file to enable DOS/V mode for
different CJK languages. There are now also various
font-related (and V-text screen mode) options added
in [dosv] section for the DOS/V support. For the
Simplified Chinese (code page 936), you can also
enable GBK extension of the standard GB2312 charset
with "gbk" option for Simplified Chinese DOS/V and
the TrueType font (TTF) output. (Wengier)
Added support for codepage conversion of file names
in "drivez" folder (for customization of Virtual
Drive Z:) so that they will appear properly on this
drive according to the code page set. (Wengier)
Improved support for DBCS (double-byte) characters
on mounted FAT drives with Chinese/Japanese/Korean
codepages (932/936/949/950). (Wengier)
The "Unexpected control character" error message
which may appear when executing certain batch files
is now a debug message (belong to the "misc" type)
instead of showing to the DOS console output.
Added "videodriver" config option in [sdl] section
to force a video driver (such as windib/windows,
x11, dummy) for the SDL library to use. The video
driver "directx" has been enabled for Windows SDL1
builds (without certain functions). (Wengier)
There is a now a [ttf] section in the config file,
and TTF-related config options are moved/renamed
from [render] section to this section (previous
config options "ttf.*" in [render] section become
- (with "ttf." dropped) in [ttf] section). Windows
  installer will also automatically transfer previous
  TTF options to the new [ttf] section. (Wengier)
When setting to "auto", config option "allow lmsw
to exit protected mode" will be active for Pentium+
CPUs instead of 486+ CPUs. (Wengier)
Fixed a bug which may lead to crash when pasting
text via the DOS clipboard API (e.g. the 4DOS CLIP:
device) in non-Windows platforms. (Wengier)
Fixed the possible freeze when output was switched
from TrueType font (TTF) output and you tried to
reset the virtual machine. (Wengier)
Fixed non-representative filenames on local drives
in current code page causing memory corruption for
e.g. Windows 3.1 Setup on non-Windows platforms.
These entries will no longer appear to DOS guest
system in incompatible code pages. (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.14 2021-06-01 02:25

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

For usage information please look at the DOSBox-X user guide, which is available from the DOSBox-X Wiki.

0.83.14

Release notes for this version:
https://dosbox-x.com/release-0.83.14.html
Added support for directories on the Z drive, so
there is no need to put all files/programs on the
root directory of Z drive any more. Only one-level
directories are currently supported. There are now
six directories on the Z drive by default, namely
4DOS, BIN, DEBUG, DOS, SYSTEM, TEXTUTIL. Most files
that previously appeared on the root directory of
Z drive are now categorized into directories, with
addition of some files/programs, such as additional
4DOS files, text utilities in TEXTUTIL directory
and TITLE command to change window title. Default
value of the %PATH% envonment variable has been
expanded to include these subdirectories, but if
you use a custom path then you may want to include
these directories in your %PATH%. (Wengier)
You can now specify a command shell located on a
mounted local drive via SHELL= command in [config]
section of config file after the drive is properly
mounted via INSTALL= command. (Wengier)
Extended START command to Linux and macOS systems.
It's disabled by default just like on Windows host
systems, but can be enabled by setting "startcmd"
to "true" or with the -hostrun command-line option
(replacing -winrun command-line option). (Wengier)
CHCP command in the TrueType font (TTF) output now
allows code page 932, 936, 949, and 950 to display
Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters and file
names with DBCS support enabled in non-PC98 mode.
By default DOSBox-X will enable DBCS characters and
auto-detection for box-drawing characters in these
code pages, and these can be disabled by setting
new options "ttf.autodbcs" and "ttf.autoboxdraw" to
"false". There is also option "ttf.halfwidthkana"
to enable half-width Katakana in Japanese non-PC98
machines. KEYB command (and "keyboardlayout" config
option) also accept "jp", "ko", "cn", "tw", "hk",
"zh" as key layout names for code pages. (Wengier)
Added support for printing Chinese/Japanese/Korean
DBCS (double-byte) characters when these code pages
are active, which by default ("auto") is enabled for
the TTF output, but can be enable or disabled for
all outputs by setting option "printdbcs" to "true"
or "false" in [printer] section. (Wengier)
Added ability to toggle between Shift-JIS (or Kanji)
and graphical modes using Ctrl+F4 key (or ESC )3 and
ESC )0 escape sequences) in the PC-98 mode. There
is now also an indication of graphical mode in the
function row. (nmlgc)
Added the "usesystemcursor" config option (in [sdl]
section) which when set to true will use host system
mouse cursor instead of drawing a DOS mouse cursor
when the mouse is not locked. (Wengier)
When opening "Save..." or "Save Language File..."
dialogs in the Configuration Tool, the new dialogs
will now automatically be in focus. For the language
file, the name of the current language file will be
filled and modifiable. Pressing ENTER key saves the
config or language file, and pressing ESC key will
close these dialog boxes. (Wengier)
Command "CONFIG -wl" will show the name of language
file being written to (if there is a language file
loaded then "CONFIG -wl" alone will write to it),
and command "CONFIG -ln" will show current language
name (if any), or you can use command "CONFIG -ln
<lang_name> -wl <lang_file>" to specify a language
name when writting to a language file. (Wengier)
Added special properties to CONFIG command such as
"hostos", "programdir", "workdir", "configdir", and
"userconfigdir" so that commands like "CONFIG -GET
hostos" and "CONFIG -GET workdir" will get the host
system OS and DOSBox-X working directory. (Wengier)
If a config option can only be changed at run-time,
"CONFIG -set" will now show such a message. You can
use "CONFIG -setf" to bypass, but the setting won't
take effect in the current session. (Wengier)
SETCOLOR command can now change the text-mode color
schemes in outputs rather than the TrueType font
output too (VGA mode only). (Wengier)
Added support for new TTF word processor type "FE"
for FastEdit, a new DOS text editor with functions
to view and change text styles. (Wengier)
Added "ttf.wpfg" config option in [render] section
which can optionally specify a foreground color
(0-7) for the TTF output, similar to "ttf.wpbg" for
the background color in the TTF output. (Wengier)
Added "ttf.printfont" config option in [render]
section which when set to true (default) will force
to use the current TrueType font (set via ttf.font)
for printing too when using TTF output. (Wengier)
Added additional options to the "mouse_wheel_key"
config option to allow conversion of mouse wheel
movements into Ctrl+up/down arrow (option 4), Ctrl+
left/right arrows (option 5), Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn keys
(option 6), and Ctrl+W/Z as used by WordStar & EDIT
(option 7) . More menu options are added to "Mouse
wheel movements" menu group as well. (Wengier)
Added menu option "Print text screen" (under "DOS")
to print current DOS text screen, if the printer
feature has been enabled. (Wengier)
Added menu options "Display TTF blinking cursor",
"CJK: Switch DBCS/SBCS mode", "CJK: Auto-detect
box-drawing characters" and "CJK: Allow half-width
Japanese Katahana" under "Video" => "TTF options"
menu group to toggle the TTF options ttf.blinkc,
ttf.autodbcs, ttf.autoboxdraw and ttf.halfwidthkana
in [render] section of the config file. (Wengier)
Support for UTF-8 encoded language files. Specify
a DOS code page with "country" option in [config]
section of the config file. Windows SDL1 menu and
macOS menu are now also compatible with Unicode
language files and characters. Also improved code
page compatibility for text in the SDL drawn menu
and the Configuration Tool. (Wengier)
Cleaned up the welcome banner messages and other
messages involving boxdrawing characters for easier
translations into certain languages. (Wengier)
Command-line option -silent now implies -nomenu,
SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy and will disable all sound-
related config option as well. (Wengier)
Command-line option -fastlaunch will now suppress
messages by "automountall=true" option. Also added
value "quiet" to "automountall" config option to
auto-mount all Windows drives quietly. (Wengier)
Added default value "auto" to "backend" option in
[ne2000] section of the configuration which will
automatically select slirp backend if available,
then pcap backend if available. (Wengier)
Improved handling of Ctrl+C/Ctrl+Break for shell-
based DOS programs. (Wengier)
Setting "irq" to "0" in [sblaster] section of the
config file will use the default IRQ number for the
sound card type. Also fixed "irq=-1", "dma=-1" and
"hdma=-1" not working as desired. (Wengier)
Option "dpi aware=auto" now defaults to "true" when
full-screen mode is requested when DOSBox-X starts
in Windows SDL1 builds. (Wengier)
The return value of AL in Int21/AX=0Eh is no longer
fixed. The game Jurassic Park may run after moving
Z drive to a different letter (e.g. E:). (Wengier)
Added "Change current floppy image..." and "Change
current CD image..." menu options to change the
currently active floppy disk image(s) on drive A: &
B: and ISO/CUE image(s) on CD drives respectively.
This makes it possible to change the active floppy
disk and/or CD images while a guest system (e.g.
Windows 9x) is currently running. (Wengier)
Added "Restart DOSBox-X with config file..." menu
option to start DOSBox-X with the specified config
file automatically from the menu. (Wengier)
Added "Refresh rate..." menu option (under "Video")
to set the video refresh rate. (Wengier)
Added "Enable A20 gate" menu option (under "DOS")
to enable or disable the A20 gate. (Wengier)
Added "maximize" config option in [sdl] section to
automatically maximize the DOSBox-X window at start
(SDL2 and Windows SDL1 builds only). (Wengier)
Added "allow lmsw to exit protected mode" config
option in [cpu] section to control whether the LMSW
instruction allows the guest to clear the PE bit
(leave protected mode).
Added "debuggerrun" config option in [log] section
to set the run mode when DOSBox-X Debugger starts.
You can now also switch them from the menu ("Debug"
=> "Debugger option: ..."), including "debugger",
"normal" and "watch", the later two corresponding
to debugger commands "RUN" and "RUNWATCH". Also,
the built-in DEBUGBOX command without a parameter
will start the DOSBox-X debugger. (Wengier)
Debugger interface now accepts the '0' key as a
command to single-step in case F11 isn't an option.
If you are using XFCE's Terminal emulator, this is
helpful because Terminal app takes F11 for itself.
"Debug" menu is now a top-level menu for debugging
builds (for non-debugging builds there is "Logging
console" menu group under "Help"). Also added more
debug options including "Generate NMI interrupt"
and "Hook INT 2Fh calls" under this menu. (Wengier)
Fixed /S and /F option (date/time-synchronization
ON/OFF) of DATE command not working. (Wengier)
Fixed aspect=true not working properly for some
screen modes such as machine=ega. (Wengier)
Fixed the mouse not automatically captured when
DOSBox-X starts with the settings fullscreen=true
and autolock=true. (Wengier)
Fixed inputs in the Configuration Tool when the
Configuration Tool is scaled. (Wengier)
Fixed keys may not work after loading a saved state
for the game Buck Rogers. (Wengier)
Fixed Windows detection for the game "Tex Murphy:
Under a Killing Moon". (Wengier)
Fixed serial ports 5-9 may not be usable with real
serial ports (directserial). (vkbaf & Wengier)
Fixed issues related to screen dimensions in TTF
output in CGA/EGA modes since 0.83.12. (Wengier)
Added alternative Windows installer for administrative
install mode on Windows Vista or later. (Wengier)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4443: Improve detection of Paradise SVGA in some
  installers with additional signature.
- r4453: Improve bittest instructions to wrap more
  correctly.
- r4454: Enable A20 routines in BIOS.
- r4456: The numeric keypad can now be used to
  navigate the debugger when Num Lock is off.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.13 2021-04-30 23:16

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.13 Release Notes and the user guide here: DOSBox-X Wiki

0.83.13

DOSBox-X can now resolve file paths in its config
options that include environment variables on non-
Windows platforms (e.g. ${HOME}..) as well. A new
config option "resolve config path" (in [dosbox]
section) is added to control path resolving in the
config file (e.g. to resolve tildes only by setting
to "tilde", or disable all path resolving). (Wengier)
System menu text in Windows builds now match the text
in the drop-down menus to be translatable by language
files and is compatible with Unicode. (Wengier)
The error "Access Denied" is returned instead of
"File not found" for files opened exclusively in
another program on mounted local drives. (Wengier)
S386C928 hardware cursor fixed to divide X coordinate
by bytes per pixel indicated in the control register
to match apparent Windows 3.1/95 behavior. Cursor
now tracks host properly even in highcolor/truecolor
modes.
Added support for the RetroWave OPL3 hardware player.
Set "oplemu=retrowave_opl3" in [sblaster] section of
the config file to use it. Config options including
"retrowave_bus", "retrowave_spi_cs", "retrowave_port"
are added to adjust its settings. (ClassicOldSong)
Added support for S386C928 hardware cursor color
selection in 256-color mode, which is different
from later cards.
S3 XGA "BYTE SWP" fixed only to byte swap if the
transfer is 16-bit wide. This fixes the dither
pattern drawn by Windows 95/98 when you select
"Shutdown" from the Start menu.
IMGMAKE command is now disabled in the secure mode,
similar to commands like IMGMOUNT. (Wengier)
Added config options "working directory option" and
"working directory default" in [dosbox] section of
the config file to provide various options for the
users to control DOSBox-X's working directory. For
example, DOSBox-X can use the primary config file
directory or the DOSBox-X program directory as its
working directory. You can view the DOSBox-X'safe
working directory with CONFIG -L command. DOSBox-X
is also able to save the working directory that a
user selects to global config files. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now also try to read the config file
named dosbox-x.conf in the user config directory
when searching for config files at start.
Added new command-line options -promptfolder and
-nopromptfolder which will cause the folder prompt
dialogs to show or not to show at startup.
Mac OS X builds will prompt the user to select a
folder at startup if run from the Finder (or from
the root directory). The folder selected will then
become the current working directory of DOSBox-X.
This makes it possible to start DOSBox-X with a
config file of your choice and to control where
the capture, save states and other files go.
Fixed Tseng ET4000 640x480 256-color SVGA mode
when using the ET4000.BIN VGA BIOS, or Windows 98.
Added segment limit checks in Normal core for
MOVSB/MOVSW/MOVSD and STOSB/STOSW/STOSD, which is
needed for DOSBox-X to work with the Windows 3.1
S3 86C928 display drivers that use segment limit
exceptions to fake a linear framebuffer.
Added S3 XGA "byte swap" emulation, needed for
correct menu/titlebar display in Windows 3.1 when
using the S3 86C928 driver.
Added YUV (YUY2) overlay to S3 Trio64V+ card
emulation. Tested with XingMPEG under Windows 3.1
and ActiveMovie under Windows 98.
Added machine types for 5 different variations of
S3 chipset: Vision864, Vision868, Trio32, Trio64,
and (experimental) Trio64V+, ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, and
S3 86C928.
Removed second PCI BAR for S3 MMIO register space.
S3 datasheets do not show a second BAR. Windows 95
is perfectly happy without it.
S3 SVGA XGA emulation BlitRect now supports
COLOR_CMP. DirectX-based Windows 95 games are now
able to blit in 256-color mode with a transparent
color key value.
ANSI.SYS emulaion now supports the "Device Status
Report" escape when asked through code 6 (report
cursor position)
Fixed RAM mapping bugs related to MDA/CGA/Hercules
emulation and the "allow more than 640kb" option,
that failed to map RAM as expected, and because of
that, easily triggered a "corrupt MCB chain" error
message.
Worked around the mounting issue for disk or CD
image files with LaunchBox, by allowing a mounting
command-line with single quotes like IMGMOUNT D
'X:\FILES\DOS.IMG' on Windows systems. (Wengier)
Restored Pentium MMX emulation code for the dynamic
x86 core to that of version 0.83.11 for better
compatibility with some Windows 9x games. (Wengier)
Added "compresssaveparts" config option (in the
[dosbox] section) which when set to false will not
compress the components in saved states. (Wengier)
When the current reported DOS version is less than
7.x and the user tries to mount a LBA or FAT32 disk
image, DOSBox-X will now show a message to ask if
the user wants it to set the required DOS version
automatically and proceed. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now show the folder mounted after
mounting to a drive from the menu. (Wengier)
Fixed MOUNT and IMGMOUNT commands unable to mount
directories or image files that contain non-ASCII
characters in the code page on Windows. (Wengier)
Fixed CapsLock may not work properly in Windows
SDL1 builds when -fs option is used. (Wengier)
Fixed the cycle information on the title bar when
the Turbo mode is enabled. (Wengier)
Fixed that some games using the DOS4GW Extender
may not work due to swap file issue. (Wengier)
Fixed that the clipboard copy and paste may not
work when the current code page is 808 or 872
and you are using Windows. (Wengier)
Fixed the handling of the "Save & Restart" button
in Configuration Tool when using Direct3D output
in Windows SDL2 builds. (Wengier)
Fixed incorrect display issue when using TrueType
font (TTF) output with customized screen dimension
when fastbioslogo=true is set. (Wengier)
Fixed CD audio not looping for individual tracks
in games like Alien Trilogy. (kcgen)
The command "MIXER /LISTMIDI" now lists the ROM
directory/files and sound fonts for MT32, Synth
and FluidSynth MIDI device when active. (Wengier)
Debugger "DOS XMS" command will only list handles
that are allocated, or with nonzero address or
nonzero size, to avoid showing irrelevant
information. (joncampbell123)
Added LOADFIX -EMS option to allocate/free
EMS (expanded memory). (joncampbell123)
LOADFIX -D -XMS will free all XMS blocks
allocated by LOADFIX -XMS. (joncampbell123)
LOADFIX -A will not allocate memory unless there
is memory below 64KB to fill. (joncampbell123)
INT 15h PS/2 mouse functions now clear pending
PS/2 mouse interrupt as part of the BIOS call.
This should resolve unresponsive mouse issues
with Windows 3.1. (joncampbell123)
Add config option "mt32.model" in the [midi]
section to force a MT-32 model to use. (Wengier)
Updated the MUNT MT-32 library to the latest
version 2.5.0. (Wengier)
Updated FLAC decoder library to the latest version
(0.12.29 by David Reid). (Wengier)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4436, r4437: Rewrite store integer instructions
  to check if the result fits.(vogons 78127)
- r4447: Attribute Controller port alias on EGA
  machine. Fixes EGA display of older Super Pac-Man
  release.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.13 2021-04-15 13:24 [BETA]

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

This is a mid-month beta release.

0.83.13

Mac OS X builds will prompt the user to select a
folder at startup if run from the Finder (or from
the root directory). The folder selected will then
become the current working directory of DOSBox-X.
This makes it possible to start DOSBox-X with a
config file of your choice and to control where
the capture, save states and other files go.
Fixed Tseng ET4000 640x480 256-color SVGA mode
when using the ET4000.BIN VGA BIOS, or Windows 98.
Added segment limit checks in Normal core for
MOVSB/MOVSW/MOVSD and STOSB/STOSW/STOSD, which is
needed for DOSBox-X to work with the Windows 3.1
S3 86C928 display drivers that use segment limit
exceptions to fake a linear framebuffer.
Added S3 XGA "byte swap" emulation, needed for
correct menu/titlebar display in Windows 3.1 when
using the S3 86C928 driver.
Added YUV (YUY2) overlay to S3 Trio64V+ card
emulation. Tested with XingMPEG under Windows 3.1
and ActiveMovie under Windows 98.
Added machine types for 5 different variations of
S3 chipset: Vision864, Vision868, Trio32, Trio64,
and (experimental) Trio64V+, ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, and
S3 86C928.
Removed second PCI BAR for S3 MMIO register space.
S3 datasheets do not show a second BAR. Windows 95
is perfectly happy without it.
S3 SVGA XGA emulation BlitRect now supports
COLOR_CMP. DirectX-based Windows 95 games are now
able to blit in 256-color mode with a transparent
color key value.
ANSI.SYS emulaion now supports the "Device Status
Report" escape when asked through code 6 (report
cursor position)
Fixed RAM mapping bugs related to MDA/CGA/Hercules
emulation and the "allow more than 640kb" option,
that failed to map RAM as expected, and because of
that, easily triggered a "corrupt MCB chain" error
message.
Worked around the mounting issue for disk or CD
image files with LaunchBox, by allowing a mounting
command-line with single quotes like IMGMOUNT D
'X:\FILES\DOS.IMG' on Windows systems. (Wengier)
Restored Pentium MMX emulation code for the dynamic
x86 core to that of version 0.83.11 for better
compatibility with some Windows 9x games. (Wengier)
Added "compresssaveparts" config option (in the
[dosbox] section) which when set to false will not
compress the components in saved states. (Wengier)
When the current reported DOS version is less than
7.x and the user tries to mount a LBA or FAT32 disk
image, DOSBox-X will now show a message to ask if
the user wants it to set the required DOS version
automatically and proceed. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now show the folder mounted after
mounting to a drive from the menu. (Wengier)
Fixed MOUNT and IMGMOUNT commands unable to mount
directories or image files that contain non-ASCII
characters in the code page on Windows. (Wengier)
Fixed the cycle information on the title bar when
the Turbo mode is enabled. (Wengier)
Fixed that some games using the DOS4GW Extender
may not work due to swap file issue. (Wengier)
Fixed that the clipboard copy and paste may not
work when the current code page is 808 or 872
and you are using Windows. (Wengier)
The command "MIXER /LISTMIDI" now lists the ROM
directory/files and sound fonts for MT32, Synth
and FluidSynth MIDI device when active. (Wengier)
Debugger "DOS XMS" command will only list handles
that are allocated, or with nonzero address or
nonzero size, to avoid showing irrelevant
information. (joncampbell123)
Added LOADFIX -EMS option to allocate/free
EMS (expanded memory). (joncampbell123)
LOADFIX -D -XMS will free all XMS blocks
allocated by LOADFIX -XMS. (joncampbell123)
LOADFIX -A will not allocate memory unless there
is memory below 64KB to fill. (joncampbell123)
INT 15h PS/2 mouse functions now clear pending
PS/2 mouse interrupt as part of the BIOS call.
This should resolve unresponsive mouse issues
with Windows 3.1. (joncampbell123)
Add config option "mt32.model" in the [midi]
section to force a MT-32 model to use. (Wengier)
Updated the MUNT MT-32 library to the latest
version 2.5.0. (Wengier)
Updated FLAC decoder library to the latest version
(0.12.29 by David Reid). (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.12 2021-04-01 00:00

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.12 Release Notes and the user guide here: DOSBox-X Wiki

0.83.12

Tandy graphics emulation fixed to accept 8 bits
for vertical total and vertical display CRTC
registers, which is needed for the tweaked
graphics mode used by Math Rabbit to display
correctly.
INT 10h will no longer fill in three fields in
the BIOS data area (video CTL, char height, and
video switches) unless the machine type is
EGA or VGA. Those fields do not exist otherwise.
Certain games like Mindscape's "Road Runner" game
require those fields to be zero as part of it's
Tandy detection routine.
PCjr mode will omit the reserved graphics RAM
MCB block, and will subtract 16KB from the top
at the BIOS level, if emulating 128KB system
memory or less.
You can now run PCjr mode with as little as
128KB of RAM. Removed 256KB minimum check from
DOS kernel. Certain games (Mickey's Space
Adventure) require memsizekb=128 and memsize=0
in PCjr mode or else it will not work correctly
due to how the game locates video system memory.
Fixed Tandy mode to place video memory at the
top of conventional memory and allow running
Tandy mode with a memsizekb setting as low as
64KB, though 256KB or higher is recommended.
Added Tandy "real memory size" field in the
BIOS data area.
Tandy emulation updated to subtract 16KB from
top of conventional memory, which fixes some
games and follows DOSBox SVN behavior and real
hardware according to others on the Vogons forums.
Fixed bug that limited Tandy mode to 624KB of
conventional memory. 32KB of video RAM is taken
from top of memory, losing half of the 32KB
breaks games that write to the system RAM instead
of B800:0000 segment and causes half the graphics
to not render.
CD-ROM image emulation now supports ISO images
that are 2GB or larger, 32-bit integer size limit
has been lifted.
Increased upper limit of "prebuffer" config option
(in [mixer] section) from 100 to 250. It is still
recommended to set a value less than 100. (Wengier)
Added scrollbar buttons to the Configuration Tool,
so that the scrollbars better resemble the style of
the Windows 3.1 scrollbars.
The help window for the Configuration Tool will now
display possible and default values for the config
options in addition to the descriptions. (Wengier)
Updated the MMX patch code by kekko. (Wengier)
MIXER command now supports the /GUI option to show
a popup window to display the mixer information.
Also improved its /LISTMIDI option which will show
the name of the current MIDI handler and you can
optionally specify a MIDI handler name (win32/alsa)
to show the information for this handler. (Wengier)
Improved the compatibility of AUTOTYPE command with
games like Asterix & Obelix. (Wengier)
The config options ttf.wpbg, ttf.bold, ttf.italic,
ttf.underline, ttf.strikeout, and ttf.char512 can
now be modified dynamically with CONFIG -SET ...
commands, e.g. CONFIG -SET ttf.wpbg=2. (Wengier)
The minimal value for the ttf.ptsize config option
has been decreased from 10 to 9. (Wengier)
Added menu item "Save logging as..." (under "Help"
-> "Debugging options") to save the current logging
content to the specified file. (Wengier)
Added slirp backend support for the NE2000 network
feature (in addition to the existing pcap backend).
There are config sections named [ethernet, slirp]
and [ethernet, pcap] now to set the options for the
slirp and pcap backends respectively. Please refer
to the networking guide in the DOSBox-X Wiki for
more information about the backends. (Jookia)
FAT driver can now support PC-98 HDI images with
partitions that start at any physical sector even
if the start is not a multiple of the ratio of
logical to physical sector size. This allows the
HDI image of Dragon Knight 4 to mount.
Control character 7 (BEEP) is now allowed while
executing batch files without warnings. (Wengier)
With the setting "core=auto" DOSBox-X now updates
the menu in the "CPU core" menu group automatically
between "Normal core" and "Dynamic core" to reflect
the CPU core which is currently in use. (Wengier)
Fixed Windows 95/98 installation failures caused by
FAT driver and DOS API changes in previous version.
Fixed well-intended but erroneous fall through case
in the INT15 handler that prevented 3rd party mouse
drivers from detecting the PS/2 mouse.
Fixed the color issue with the Configuration Tool
in the macOS SDL1 build. (ant_222)
Fixed switching ttf.cols, ttf.lins, and ttf.font
options dynamically in full-screen mode. (Wengier)
Fixed menu options "Increase TTF font size" and
"Decrease TTF font size" (both under "Video" =>
"TTF options") not working (but keyboard shortcuts
and those in the system menu work). (Wengier)
Fixed setting option "ttf.wp=xy3" or "ttf.wp=xy4"
not working (but "ttf.wp=xy" did work). (Wengier)
Fixed preview function in WordStar not working for
TrueType font output in previous version. (Wengier)
Fixed the issue that caused Windows 3.x group file
corruption on hard disk image files. (SnikoLoft)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4416: Added ability to start and stop avi
  recording, and to start keymapper, from config.
- r4405: Smarter clearing of the dynrec cache.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.11 2021-03-01 00:00

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.11 Release Notes and the user guide here: DOSBox-X Wiki

0.83.11

Added support for the clipboard device (CLIP$) and
DOS clipboard API on non-Windows systems (they were
previously only supported on the Windows platform).
In Linux SDL1 build only read access is supported
whereas both read and write access are supported in
all other builds. Also, selecting and copying text
to the host clipboard using a mouse button or arrow
key is now supported in macOS SDL1 build. (Wengier)
Added "Paste Clipboard" button to the AUTOEXEC.BAT,
CONFIG.SYS and 4DOS.INI sections in Configuration
Tool for pasting clipboard contents. (Wengier)
Windows SDL2 builds now use same clipboard pasting
method as Windows SDL1 builds by default instead of
the BIOS keyboard function. The method is now also
available for Linux and macOS (both SDL1 and SDL2)
builds (although it is disabled by default on these
platforms). A menu option "Use BIOS function for
keyboard pasting" is added to the "Shared clipboard
functions" menu group (under "Main") to use BIOS
function for the clipboard pasting instead of the
keystroke method. Make sure this option is disabled
if pasting clipboad text into Windows 3.x/9x apps
(e.g. Notepad & Write) is desired. This setting can
be changed with "clip_paste_bios" config option in
in [sdl] section of the config file too. (Wengier)
With the config option "startcmd=true" or command-
line option -winrun, Windows applications can now
be launched from within a DOS program or from the
4DOS shell in addition to built-in shell. (Wengier)
Added the "disable graphical splash" config option
in [dosbox] section which when set will cause a
text-mode BIOS splash screen to be always displayed
at startup instead of the graphical one. If the
TrueType font (TTF) output is enabled the text-
mode BIOS screen is used automatically. (Wengier)
Added a simple BIOS Setup Utlity, which will show
a summary of the current system configuration and
allow users to change the date and time. Press Del
key at the BIOS boot screen to enter. (Wengier)
Added config option "showbasic" in [sdl] section
which when set to false will hide DOSBox-X version
number and running speed in the titlebar. (Wengier)
Added experimental option to load a VGA BIOS ROM
image and execute it, instead of our own INT 10h
emulation. If enabled, it will load the specific
ROM file into C000:0000. If not specified, it
will choose based on machine type. VGA BIOS ROM
images (e.g. et4000.bin for Tseng ET4000 emulation)
can be dumped from real hardware or downloaded from
the PCem ROMs collection. It can be set with config
option "vga bios rom image" in [video] section.
Improved handling for file- and record-locking
for non-Windows platforms. Portions of the code
are adopted from DOSEmu. (Wengier)
Improved handling for the setting "ansi.sys=false",
such as fixing the welcome screen messup in this
case and allowing the use of a custom ANSI TSR
(such as NNANSI.COM) instead. (Wengier & stu)
You can now press Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Break to break
from long outputs from commands like TYPE, MORE,
COPY, DIR /S, and ATTRIB /S. (Wengier)
Renamed MEM.COM to MEM.EXE to match DOS. (Wengier)
Rewrote built-in TREE command instead of the one
from FreeDOS to support long filenames. (Wengier)
DELTREE is now an external command appearing on
drive Z: as DELTREE.EXE instead of a builtin shell
command, since it is an external command in a real
DOS system. (Wengier)
Added REPLACE command to replace files, resembling
the MS-DOS counterpart. This command is compiled
with long filename support. (Wengier)
Added PUSHD and POPD commands so that you can store
the current directory and changes to the specified
directory (optionally also the current drive), then
changes the directory/drive back. PUSHD command
without arguments show stored path(s). (Wengier)
Added COLOR command to change current foreground
and background colors. It usage is similar to the
same-named command in the Windows command prompt.
For example, command "COLOR fc" produces light red
on bright white; COLOR without an argument restores
the original color. (Wengier)
Added CHCP command to view the current code page,
or change the current code page for the TrueType
font (TTF) output. Supported code pages include:
437, 808, 850, 852, 853, 855, 857, 858, 860, 861,
862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 869, 872, and 874. You can
now also set the code page for TTF output via the
optional second parameter of the "country" option
in [config] section of the configuration. (Wengier)
Added function to automatically save states in the
specified time interval (in seconds). You can also
specify a save slot or start and end save slots to
be used. For example, "autosave=10 11-20" will set
a 10-second time interval for auto-saving, and the
save slots used will be between 11 and 20. If no
save slot is specified, then the current save slot
will be used for auto-saving. Putting a minus sign
before time interval causes the auto-saving function
to not be activated at start. You can optionally
also specify up to 9 program names for this feature,
e.g. "autosave=10 11-20 EDIT:21-30 EDITOR:35" will
cause program "EDIT" to use save slots 21-30, and
"EDITOR" to use save slot 35, and other programs to
use save slots 11-20. Added a menu option "Auto-save
settings..." to manage the auto-saving feature at
run-time. A menu option "Enable auto-saving state"
is added to the "Save/load options" menu group under
"Capture" to toggle auto-saving when the function is
enabled. Likewise, a menu option "Select last auto-
saved slot" is added to the "Select save slot" menu
group (also under "Capture") to switch to the last
auto-saved slot (if any). (Wengier)
The Configuration Tool windows are now scalable, so
that they will no longer look very small in e.g.
full-screen or High DPI modes. (ant_222)
If the -defaultdir option is the only or the last
command-line option and no parameter is specified,
then directory of the primary config file (if any)
becomes the DOSBox-X default directory. (Wengier)
You can now change the current output dynamically
with CONFIG command, e.g. "CONFIG -set output=ttf"
and "CONFIG -set output=default". (Wengier)
The command "KEYB US" will return the DOS codepage
to 437 if current codepage is different. (Wengier)
The setting "output=default" will enable the OpenGL
output for Linux systems if possible. (Wengier)
Fixed the CGA/MCGA/MDA/Hercules-specfic shortcut
function buttons in Mapper Editor, and the screen
colors after exiting from Mapper Editor when using
these machine types in Direct3D output (SDL1 build).
Also fixed the messages in the welcome banner for
these machine types to inform users the new default
shortcuts (Ctrl(+Shift)+[F7/F8]). (Wengier)
Fixed DOS Int21/AH=0x5a "Create temporary file"
function not generating unique files. (Wengier)
Fixed that the current drive goes back to Z drive
when combined unmounts & mounts are used. (Wengier)
Fixed PC-98 keyboard handling of CTRL+A through
CTRL+Z. CTRL+C now works correctly in PC-98 mode.
Fixed crash of Free Pascal compiler with dynamic
core and setting "use dynamic core with paging on =
auto" introduced in the previous version. (Wengier)
Fixed launching Windows programs when the working
directory has no 8.3 filename entry. (Wengier)
Fixed issues with full-screen switch in some cases
when the TrueType font output is enabled. (Wengier)
Fixed an issue in MinGW builds that no data will be
sent to the OPL3Duo board. (DhrBaksteen)
Fixed screen flickering when hovering over the menu
with Direct3D output in the Windows SDL2 build that
was introduced in the last version. (Wengier)
Fixed mounting disk/CD images with long paths from
the "Drive" menu may not work properly. (Wengier)
Fixed that the "Save" button in Configuration Tool
did not save config file in last version. (Wengier)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4346: Fix a long-standing crash that occurred
  when disconnecting a second joystick after
  partially mapping it.
- r4344: Add F8 to toggle printable characters on
  and off in the debugger.
- r4340: Fix behavior when main memory allocation
  fails.
- r4336: Correct an oversight of r4186 when floppy
  disks are mounted.
- r4330: some big endian improvements and drive_fat
  fixes. (jmarsh)
- r4320: Report Q-Channel track number in BCD,
  meaning it is not converted to binary by the
  CD-ROM device driver. Fixes the CD-Player feature
  of DOS Navigator 1.51 when playing past track 15.
- r4318: Add LOGC debug command to log cs:ip only.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.10 2021-02-01 00:00

Published by joncampbell123 over 3 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.10 Release Notes and the user guide here: DOSBox-X Wiki

0.83.10

The Windows key(s) in Windows and the Command key(s)
in macOS will now be displayed as the "Windows" and
"Command" keys instead of the "super" and the "meta"
keys in SDL1 builds just like SDL2 builds. (Wengier)
Cursor blinking rate for TrueType font (TTF) output
can now be customized with the ttf.blinkc option.
Set an integer between 1 (fastest) and 7 (slowest)
to change TTF cursor blinking rate, or setting it to
0 for no cursor (or false for non-blinking cursor as
in previous versions), with the default value being
6 on PC-98 systems and 4 elsewhere. (Wengier)
Fixed parallel port emulation to allow MDA port 3BCh
to work properly.
Enhanced the printer function on Windows platforms
to allow printer names to be specified in [printer]
section via the "device" option for direct printing
to the selected device. If left empty, then Windows
Print dialog will always be shown, or specifying "-"
will cause it to show only once (unless the user
clicks "Cancel"). Under "Help" menu there is now a
menu option "List Printer Devices" to list printer
devices on Windows, and the parallel port LPT1 now
defaults to the printer on all platforms. (Wengier)
The dynamic_x86 CPU core can now handle page faults
non-recursively, so you can now run the dynamic_x86
core with Windows 9x/ME without crashes, although
this may slightly decrease the performance, and it
may be disabled by setting the config option "use
dynamic core with paging on" in [cpu] section to
"false"; the default value of this option has been
changed to "auto" which will enable/disable itself
based on whether the 386 paging and a guest system
has been enabled. Also fixed incorrect behavior for
handling trap flags in the dynamic core and updated
the MMX code for improved performance. (koolkdev)
Added support for Direct3D output on Windows SDL2
builds just like Windows SDL1 builds to become the
default output in all Windows builds. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X now natively supports the pixel-perfect
scaling! Set the option "output=openglpp" in [sdl]
section of the config file to enable this output.
Alternatively, the output can be selected from the
menu ("Video" => "Output" => "OpenGL perfect") at
run-time. It is recommended to set config options
and "aspect=true" (whenever the emulated display
has an aspect ratio of 4:3) and "doublescan=false"
for openglpp output. Also, with high DPI displays
(e.g. on Windows 7+ with DPI scaling enabled) it
works better with full-screen mode and the setting
"dpi aware=true". It was implemented by ant_222
(patch author) with some code cleanups by Wengier.
Updated the Windows installer to add a page for
new users to select a video system output to use -
the default output (Direct3D), OpenGL with pixel-
perfect scaling (openglpp or "OpenGL perfect") for
improved image quality, and the TrueType font (TTF)
output for text-mode DOS applications. (Wengier)
You can now supply a ZIP/7Z file as a parameter to
DOSBox-X directly so that it will be mounted as C:
drive when DOSBox-X starts. (Wengier)
Added overlay support for mounting PhysFS drives
so that you can specify a write location when you
mounted a ZIP/7Z archive by adopting an old patch.
For example, command "MOUNT C C:\DIR -T OVERLAY"
will specify path C:\DIR(\C_DRIVE) as the write
location after mounting C: drive as a PhysFS drive
with a command like "MOUNT FILES.ZIP". (Wengier)
Added ability to resolve file paths that include
environment variables on Windows or tildes (~) on
other platforms for various options in the config
file, such as language and mapper file paths, MT32
ROM & FluidSynth soundfont paths, [config] section
options as well as file outputs for the printing
and serial/parallel port functions. (Wengier)
Added calculator for DOS (EVAL.EXE), which appears
on Z drive and can calculate both simple (such as
sin(0) and cos(0)) and many advanced mathematical
expressions in either command-line mode and or the
interactive mode. (Wengier)
Added support for standard (VGA/EGA/CGA) and mono
mode dual-screen setup by porting the patch. You
can now start DOSBox-X with the option -display2
followed by a color (white, green, amber) to enable
this feature on debug builds. (Wengier)
You can now translate texts in DOSBox-X's drop-down
menus. The message files as written by the config
tool (CLI or GUI) will contain the menu texts for
translations from the English language. (Wengier)
Added "file access tries" config option (in [dos]
section) so that if a positive integer is provided
(e.g. 1 or 3) DOSBox-X will try to read/write/lock
files on mounted local drives for the specified
number of times before failing on Windows builds.
It is especially useful for networked DOS database
applications that require record locking. (Wengier)
Added "bannercolortheme" config option (in [dosbox]
section) so that users can change the background
color theme of the welcome banner from the default
blue color when DOSBox-X starts. (Wengier)
Added "pcaptimeout" config option (in the [ne2000]
section) to specify a read timeout value for pcap
in milliseconds, or default value (-1 on Windows
or 3000 otherwise) will be used. (Wengier & Jookia)
Added "Save & Restart" button to the Configuration
Tool's "Save" option for saving the config file and
then automatically restarting DOSBox-X with this
saved configuration. Command-line options -wcboot,
-wcdboot and -wcpboot are added to CONFIG command
which resemble -wc, -wcd, and -wcp options but will
reboot DOSBox-X after writing configfile. Command-
line option -bc (-bootconf) is also added to reboot
with specified config file (or the primary loaded
config file if not specified) directly. (Wengier)
The config option ttf.font will now search for TTF
fonts in the directory as specified by the fontpath
option in [printer] section too. (Wengier)
Added special properties to CONFIG command such as
"screenwidth", "screenheight", "windowwidth", and
"windowheight" so that commands like "CONFIG -GET
screenwidth" and "CONFIG -GET screenheight" will
get the current screen width and height. (Wengier)
BOOT command without a parameter will now try to
boot the current drive if possible. (Wengier)
You can now change properties such as "fullscreen",
"glshader" and "windowposition" dynamically with
CONFIG command. For example, command "config -set
fullscreen=true" and "config -set windowposition="
will now switch on the full-screen mode and center
the window position respectively. For TrueType font
output, you can now also change the TTF font, the
number of rows and columns on the TTF screen, and
the word processor for TTF dynamically using CONFIG
command, e.g. "config -set ttf.font=test", "config
-set ttf.lins=30", "config -set ttf.cols=100" and
"config -set ttf.wp=wp". The limits for the options
ttf.cols and ttf.lins are increased too. (Wengier)
Implemented the DOS network redirector functions so
that the host name can be reported to DOS programs,
unless the secure mode is enabled. You may need to
set either the option ipx=true in [ipx] section or
the option ne2000=true in [ne2000] section. Also
added config option "network redirector" to [dos]
section which if set to false disables the network
redirector even with IPX/NE2000 enabled. (Wengier)
Fixed an issue that the DOSBox-X window size may be
incorrect when restoring from a maximized window in
the SDL2 builds. (Wengier)
Fixed that the menu option "Select OpenGL (GLSL)
shader.." not working properly sometimes. (Wengier)
Fixed Ctrl+C not working in GNU ed. (Wengier)
Fixed large ISO images (>2GB) unable to be mounted
using IMGMOUNT command. (Wengier)
Fixed build failure on Gentoo Linux. (fonic)
3dfx games can now work with the Glide passthrough
feature when a guest system (guest DOS or Windows
9x) is currently running. The default setting for
config option "keep private area on boot" in [dos]
section is changed from "false" to "auto". (Wengier)
Improved the speed of the Voodoo hardware emulation
for running games like Tomb Raider 3dfx. (Wengier)
Improved OPL3Duo support, such as adding a buffer
thread to get rid of slowdowns & breakups in audio
playback when using the board. (DhrBaksteen)
Updated the Tiny File Dialog library to the latest
version v3.8.5, which fixes issues such as the
compatibility problem with Windows XP. (Wengier)
Updated FLAC, MP3, and WAV CD-DA decoder libraries
to the latest versions (0.12.28, 0.6.26 and 0.12.18
respectively; per David Reid). (Wengier)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich & Wengier)
- r4426: Emulate debug register 6 during trap flag
  emulation (and normal int 1). Fixes 544 (jmarsh)
- r4401: Improve xchg to handle unwritable memory
  better for core_dyn_x86.
- r4399: Finish up and add LOOP_NE and LOOP_E for
  core_dyn_x86.
- r4393: Remove video page check when drawing
  internal mouse pointer, as the BIOS current page
  is not updated in some cases. Fixes QQP games: Lost
  Admiral, Conquered Kingdoms, and Solitaire's
  Journey. Also be a bit smarter about enabling
  autolock, supporting more cases where the mouse
  is used for input without resetting it.
- r4392: Improve capturing of Zeliard and fix a
  few percussion-related capturing problems as well.
- r4310: Improve PMAKE on big endian machines and
  fix some bugs. Fixes bug in 16 -> 15 bit color
  conversion.
- r4309: Copy working directory when mounting an
  overlay.
- r4307: Refinement of SoundBlaster checks, so no
  IRQ is raised when not in autodma mode.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.9 2021-01-01 00:00

Published by joncampbell123 almost 4 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.9 Release Notes and the user guide here: DOSBox-X Wiki

For Linux, depending on your platform you can either use the RPM package below or the Flatpak package in the DOSBox-X Flathub page.

0.83.9

Physical CD drives are now mountable in SDL2 builds
just like SDL1 builds, so commands like "MOUNT -CD"
should work in both SDL1 and SDL2 builds. Some code
is adopted from the SDL2_CDROM library. (Wengier)
Implemented file locking support for mounting disk
image files so that you cannot mount the same disk
image files in read/write mode at the same time as
this can cause possible disk corruptions. A config
option "locking disk image mount" is added to the
[dosbox] section which when set to false (or if the
user mounts the image files read-only) will bypass
the locking of image files. Also improved the DOS
file locking function, which can be disabled by
setting "share=false" in [dos] section. (Wengier)
Implemented PhysFS support so that you can mount
archives (e.g. ZIP/7Z) as drives in read-only mode,
e.g. "MOUNT C TEST.ZIP" or "MOUNT D FILES.7Z". Some
code is ported from a custom DOSBox fork. The menu
option "Mount an archive file (ZIP/7Z)" is added to
Drive menu to mount archives as Drives. (Wengier)
INT 13h now obeys the "hard drive data rate limit"
setting, using the same disk I/O delay code as
INT 21h file I/O. [Issue #2039]
Linux/X11 SDL1 builds: Combine window move/resize
into one call if possible, and not during window
manager hints, to avoid resize problems with the
XFCE 4.14 platform.
Added menu option "Create blank disk images..."
(under "DOS" menu) to create blank floppy or hard
disk images of a common disk size, including 360KB,
400KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB for floppy
disk images and 250MB, 520MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB
for hard disk images. The 1GB option (-t hd_1gig)
is also added to IMGMAKE command. (Wengier)
The Configuration Tool will now be centered within
the DOSBox-X window for a better looking. (Wengier)
Added config option "synchronize time" in [dosbox]
section which when set to true will allow DOSBox-X
to automatically synchronize the date and time with
the host system, unless you manually change date
and/or time. A menu option "Synchronize host date/
time" is added to the DOS menu. The function uses
IRQ0 handler; it will not work in PC-98 mode nor if
the timer isn't running at the standard 18.2Hz tick
rate, as any other rate does not make sense and
will cause only jitter and error. Also fixed two
Demoscene entries sl_fokus and sl_haloo which use
BIOS_TIMER with a faster hardware tick rate.
Added config option "showdetails" which when set to
true enables the menu option "Show FPS and RT speed
in title bar" at start. It is equivalent to -showrt
and -showcycles command-line options. (Wengier)
Improved compatibility with Watcom C++ 2.0 when
long filename (LFN) support is enabled. (Wengier)
Added support for starting DOSBox-X in a specific
display on a multi-screen setup (Windows builds as
well as Linux/macOS SDL2 builds). A config option
"display" is added to the [sdl] section that users
can specify a display for the DOSBox-X window to
start. The option can be combined with the existing
"windowposition" config option to specify the
position on the specified display/screen. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now pop up a message box to inform
the user when a Direct3D pixel shader is loaded
from the menu on the Windows platform. (Wengier)
Extended serial (COM) ports from COM1-COM3 to COM1-
COM9 in the [serial] section. The config options
serial4-9 are advanced options. You can optionally
specify base addresses for any serial ports. When
the "file" option is used, you can additionally
specify a program to open the file with "openwith"
option. If the specified program cannot be executed
due to some problem, DOSBox-X will try to start a
program as specified with the "openerror" action,
or it will show an error. For both serial (COM) and
parallel (LPT) ports options, the program commands
can be quoted with double quotes, or with single
quotes if the "squote" option is added. (Wengier)
Extended parallel (LPT) ports from LPT1-LPT3 to
LPT1-LPT9 in the [parallel] section. Config options
lpt4-9 are advanced config options. You can also
optionally specify base addresses and IRQs for
these ports. The parallel1-9 config options are
enhanced to allow the generated files to be started
with the specified action: "openpcl" to start a
program to open the file if the print output is
detected to be PCL; "openps" to start a program if
the print output is detected to be PostScript (PS);
"openwith" to start a program otherwise. If you'd
like to specify parameters then be sure to properly
quote the string(s). Furthermore, if any of the
specified program(s) cannot be executed, DOSBox-X
will try to start a program as specified with the
"openerror" action, or show an error. (Wengier)
Added "openwith" and "openerror" config options to
[printer] section to start the specified program to
open the printer output file. The [printer] section
also accepts "fontdir" option where you can change
the path ("FONTS" by default) where the printer TTF
fonts (including courier.ttf, ocra.ttf, roman.ttf,
sansserif.ttf, script.ttf) are located. If no TTF
font can be found (either from the custom path or
system path) for printing, the internal TTF font
for the TTF output will be used. (Wengier)
Added read-only options to the Drive menu to mount
host folders/drives or image files to the specified
drive letter in read-only mode. (Wengier)
You can now use a single mapper file for both SDL1
and SDL2 versions of DOSBox-X! The new mapper file
will be divided to sections [SDL1] and [SDL2] for
both versions. The mapper file can be specified
with the mapperfile config option, or you can set
the mapperfile_sdl1 and mapperfile_sdl2 config
options to override mapperfile option. (Wengier)
Added -defaultmapper command-line option which will
use default key bindings for the mapper. (Wengier)
The menu functions "Load mapper file", "Quick edit
mode", "Stop clipboard pasting" and "Display state
information" have been added to the key mapper so
that you can now define your own shortcut keys to
activate these functions. (Wengier)
The default shortcuts for the "Copy to clipboard",
"Paste from clipboard", and the "Reset window size"
functions are now Ctrl+F5, Ctrl+F6 and Host(F11/F12)
+BackSpace respectively. (Wengier)
Added ttf.fontbold, ttf.fontital, and ttf.fontboit
config options so that you can specify actual bold
italic, and bold-italic TrueType fonts for use with
the TTF output that will render the bold, italic,
and bold-italic text styles using the actual TTF
fonts (e.g. consolab, consolai, consolaz instead of
consola) instead of making the original TTF font
bold, italic, bold-italic automatically. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X now supports the use of arrow keys (left,
right, up, down, home, end) to select and copy text
to the host clipboard in addition to a mouse button
(subject to the specified key modifier, or use the
QuickEdit function). The arrow keys will move the
selections; press Home key to start the actual text
selection and End key to end text selection and to
copy to the clipboard; press ESC key to cancel text
selection. Set config option "clip_mouse_button" to
"arrows" to enable it, or select it from "Shared
clipboard functions" menu group. (Wengier)
You can now press the key combination Ctrl+Tab in
the shell to see a list of files/directories that
can be completed by the Tab completion. (Wengier)
Added SETCOLOR command to view or change the text-
mode color scheme settings. Also fixed the color
palette for the TTF output. (Wengier)
Separated "TTF options" menu group that contains
TrueType font (TTF) related menu options from the
"Text-mode" menu group in "Video" menu. (Wengier)
The "Show menu bar" option now appears in system
menu of the Windows SDL2 build too. (Wengier)
If a language file fails to load, DOSBox-X will now
show a warning dialog instead of exiting. (Wengier)
The option "clip_key_modifier" now accepts values
like "ctrlalt", "ctrlshift", "altshift". (Wengier)
Fixed 2D texture not showing for 3dfx games in the
Glide passthrough mode. (Wengier)
Fixed the mouse sensitivity menu option (under the
"DOS" menu) not working. (Wengier)
Fixed the color palette problem when switching to
graphic mode from mono mode. (Wengier)
Fixed full-screen TTF output may not fully cover
the background screen in Linux. (Wengier)
Fixed that lines starting with "%" in [autoexec]
section are being ignored. (Wengier)
Fixed issues with building the code with original
MinGW using the ./build-mingw script. (Wengier)
Fixed option "output=ttf" not working properly with
-startui/startmapper command-line option. (Wengier)
When the mouse is captured, the title bar will show
the shortcut to release the mouse. (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT now assumes the ISO type for .GOG/.INS
files (which are equivalent to .CUE/.INS files)
if no type is specified by the user. (Wengier)
Improved the dynamic core including the way its
cache is allocated and to support dual mapping.
The FREECG98.BMP file (for PC-98 mode) is now
rendered based on a unifont_jp TTF font instead
of UnifontFullMediumMono.ttf. (roytam1)
Added support for automatic switching from TTF
output to another output in PC-98 mode, allowing
Windows 3.1 to run in this mode. (Wengier)
Added OPL3Duo support, which passes OPL3 output
to an OPL3Duo Arduino board with a specific
configuration if desired. Set the config option
"oplemu=opl3duoboard" to use it. (josephillips85)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.8 2020-11-31 22:04

Published by joncampbell123 almost 4 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.8 Release Notes

0.83.8

Added support for scalable TrueType font (TTF)
output for text-mode programs. Set "output=ttf"
and optionally a monospaced TTF font (such as
consola) with config option "ttf.font" to use it.
Lines and columns can be specified with config
options "ttf.lins" and "ttf.cols", and the cursor
can be made blinking with the option "ttf.blinkc".
The config options "ttf.ptsize" and "ttf.winperc"
can be used to set the TTF font size and window
percentage respectively. If you specify a TTF font
size with "ttf.ptsize" then "ttf.winperc" will be
ignored. You can also specify a word processor
(WP=WordPerfect, WS=WordStar, XY=XyWrite) for the
on-screen text-style and 512-character font (WP)
features. When using the TTF output DOSBox-X will
temporarily switch to a different output when a
graphical mode is requested (or when trying to take
a screenshot); the TTF output will be auto-switched
back later), which can be customized via config
option "ttf.outputswitch" (which defaults to auto).
Menu items in the "Text-mode" menu group (under
"Video" menu) have been expanded to support TTF
options such as increasing/decreasing the TTF font
sizes and on-screen text style toggling (including
bold, italics, underline and strikeout). You can
also select a TTF font to use at run-time with the
"Select TrueType font (TTF)" menu option. (Wengier)
Added the "Load mapper file..." menu option (under
"Main") to select and load a DOSBox-X mapper file
at run-time. Be sure to select a SDL1 mapper file
for SDL1 builds, and similar for SDL2. (Wengier)
You can now select a host key from the menu (under
"Main") including Ctrl+Alt, Ctrl+Shift, Alt+Shift,
or use the mapper-defined host key as in previous
versions (which default to F11 on Windows and F12
otherwise). A config option "hostkey" is added so
that you can specify it from config file. (Wengier)
Pasting text from the clipboard on macOS SDL1 build
is now supported like Linux SDL1 build. (Wengier)
Added support for ARM-based Apple M1 MacBook. The
dynamic core now works on ARM-based macOS systems.
SDL1 builds updated to use newer audio APIs on the
macOS platform so that the audio works once again
when compiled and run on macOS 11 (Big Sur). Prior
to the change, ancient versions of the API dating
back to the mid 2000s were used which no longer
work on Big Sur.
DOSBox-X will now look for the config file (i.e.
dosbox-x.conf/dosbox.conf) and the mapper file in
the directory containing the DOSBox-X executable
too if the config or mapper file cannot be found
in the DOSBox-X working directory. (Wengier)
The system menu in Windows SDL1 builds is now also
available for Windows SDL2 builds, and menu items
"Reset font size", "Increase TTF font size" and
"Decrease TTF font size" are added. (Wengier)
Enhanced the mapper editor interface to allow more
keyboard shortcuts to be added, shown in multiple
pages in the mapper, navigable with the "Previous
Page" and "Next Page" buttons. The text in the
grids are now longer and clearer too. The default
shortcuts for a few items are changed to use the
Host key style (e.g. Host+S and Host+L for saving
and loading states respectively). (Wengier)
Added menu item "List network interfaces" under
"Help" menu to list network interfaces in the host
system for the NE2000 feature. (Wengier)
Added menu group "DOS commands" under "Help" menu
to display the help content for the selected DOS
shell command (DIR, CD, etc). (Wengier)
Configuration Tool now provides the option to save
to the primary or user config files. (Wengier)
Certain config options (e.g. doublescan) that were
marked as advanced options are now general config
options and will appear in dosbox-x.reference.conf
apart from dosbox-x.reference.full.conf. (Wengier)
Added config options "saveremark" (default: true)
and "forceloadstate" (default: false) in [dosbox]
section which can be used to control if DOSBox-X
should ask users to enter remarks when saving a
state or show warnings when loading a saved state
if there is a mismatch found. (Wengier)
The config option "pixelshader" is moved from the
section [gui] to [render] so that it will be in the
same section as the option "glshader". (Wengier)
Added menu item "Select OpenGL (GLSL) shader..." to
allow OpenGL shader switch from the menu, just like
the function for Direct3D pixel shaders. (Wengier)
Added menu item "Show IDE disk or CD status" under
"DOS" menu to show the current assignments (disk or
CD image) of the IDE controllers. (Wengier)
Fixed IDE CD assignment may not be reset when soft
reboots are activated from guest systems. (Wengier)
The program 80x43.COM is added into the ZIP package
TEXTUTIL.ZIP on the Z drive. You can also change
current text screen to the 80x43 mode from the menu
group "Text-mode" under "Video" menu. (Wengier)
Enhanced MODE command so that you can change the
number of columns and lines in the screen with the
syntax "MODE CON COLS=c LINES=n" (c=80 or 132, and
n=25, 43, 50, or 60). The command "MODE CON" will
show the current number of columns and lines in the
screen as in a real DOS system. (Wengier)
Added FLAGSAVE command for the save state feature
to flag (mark) one or more files to be saved and
loaded. Type "FLAGSAVE /?" for more information on
this command. (PogoMan361 and Wengier)
Enhanced A20GATE command to show the current status
of the A20 gate when no parameter is given, along
with other small improvements. (Wengier)
INT 21h DOS=HMA emulation, to enable the A20 gate,
and autoa20fix, to disable the A20 gate, now checks
whether the CPU is running in virtual 8086 mode.
If vm86 detected, the code will control the A20
gate by calling the XMS interface instead of direct
reading/writing via port 92h. This consideration
is required for autoa20fix to cooperate with
Microsoft Windows 3.1. Note that Windows 3.1 does
not virtualize port 92h. If it did, this workaround
would not be necessary.
Added -a option to LOADFIX command which will auto
allocate enough memory to fill lowest 64KB memory
instead of using exactly 64KB memory. (Wengier)
Added autofixwarning option (true by default) which
allows user to silence the messages when DOSBox-X
tries to auto-fix "Packed file is corrupt" error
when running a program with this issue. (Wengier)
Added autoa20fix option (enabled by default). This
option when enabled attempts to resolve EXEPACK
"Packed file is corrupt" errors by temporarily
disabling the A20 gate and running the program
again. This may provide better support for affected
DOS applications than the LOADFIX option. If both
autoa20fix and autoloadfix are set, then autoa20fix
will be tried first, and if it did not work then
autoloadfix will be tried next.
The autoloadfix config option changed to allocate
only enough memory to keep the executable above the
64KB boundary, instead of blindly allocating 64KB.
Fixed menu items "Rescan drive" and "Swap disk" in
"Drive" menu being reversed. (Wengier)
Fixed CD audio issue with the game "The Secret of
Monkey Island" when talking to the pirate in Scumm
Bar by adapting the patch that fixes it. Thanks
kcgen for the fix logic. (Wengier)
Added support for MAME CHD CD images. You can now
mount CHD images with IMGMOUNT command, or from the
Drive menu. Based on libchdr library and the work
of the user whocares010. (Wengier)
Updated FLAC/MP3/WAV CD-DA decoder libraries to the
latest versions (versions 0.12.22, 0.6.19, 0.12.14
respectively). Thanks to mackron & kcgen. (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.7 2020-11-01 01:28

Published by joncampbell123 almost 4 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also, always check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates. The primary DOSBox-X Wiki is now located at the URL: https://dosbox-x.com/wiki

Linux Flatpak package is officially available from the DOSBox-X Flathub page.

You can also see the release notes here: DOSBox-X 0.83.7 Release Notes

0.83.7

Implemented the x86 dynamic core for both 32-bit
and 64-bit systems by re-porting the code from SVN.
Dynamic core now supports either the dynamic_x86
or the dynamic_rec core. The dynamic_x86 core will
be used by default for x86 and x86_64 platforms and
if "core=dynamic" is set, and Windows 9x can be run
in this dynamic core (although at this time may
encounter some issue with the S3 driver). You can
also explicit specify setting "core=dynamic_x86" or
"core=dynamic_rec" for either the dynamic_x86 core
or the dynamic_rec core. Also thank joncampbell123
for the 64-bit fix. (Wengier)
You can now use your own save file (in addition to
save slots! There are now a "Use save file" toggle
item and "Browse save file..." for browsing save
files on your computer. A config option "savefile"
(in [dosbox] section) is added to specify a save
file to use at start. (Wengier)
Save state feature now allows users to optionally
enter remarks when saving a state. A submenu group
"Save/load option" is added (under "Capture") where
you can toggle menu items "No remark when saving
state" (for disabling input of remarks when saving)
and "force load state mode". A menu item "Display
state information" is added as well to display the
information of the saved state. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now use native dialog box to display
quit warnings and save state errors. (Wengier)
Changed some DOS error messages (such as "Illegal
command" which now reads "Bad command or filename")
similar to real DOS systems. (Wengier)
ADDKEY and INT2FDBG commands now appear as programs
on Z: drive instead of shell commands. (Wengier)
Improved the -z (move virtual drive Z:) function of
MOUNT command. You can move the virtual drive as
many times as you want, and save/load states will
work even after you move the Z: drive. (Wengier)
Enhanced the config option "freesizecap" to allow
the setting "fixed" which is the same as "false",
and a new setting "relative" is added, which will
be similar to the setting "fixed" but the reported
free disk size will also change relative to the
change of the free disk size ever since. (Wengier)
Added support for Opus CD-DA tracks by porting and
cleaning up the source code from other projects.
Many thanks to Marty Shepard and kcgen. (Wengier)
Support for FluidSynth MIDI Synthesizer is now
included in the MinGW builds by default just like
Visual Studio builds. Set "mididevice=fluidsynth"
and a soundfont file to use it. (Wengier)
Enabled xBRZ scaler for Visual Studio SDL2 builds
just like Visual Studio SDL1 builds. (Wengier)
Added menu item "Show Sound Blaster configuration"
under "Sound" menu to show the current information
about Sound Blaster, and also menu item "Show MIDI
device configuration" (also under "Sound" menu)
to show information about the current MIDI device
such as the soundfont file in use. (Wengier)
Added "Mount multiple disk/CD images" option to the
mounting options of the Drive menu to allow users
to mount more than one disk/CD images to a drive,
swappable from the menu. Also added separators to
the Drive submenu to make it look better. (Wengier)
Added new CPU types to the "Emulate CPU speed" menu
group namely 286-25MHz, 386DX-25MHz, 486DX4-100MHz,
486DX5-133MHz, Pentium-60MHz, Pentium-75MHz, and
Pentium-90MHz. Thanks again for the data provided
by the user maximus105. (Wengier)
You can now select a special key (e.g. Alt+Tab,
Ctrl+Break, Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc) to be sent from the
key defined in the mapper editor. The key can be
selected (Ctrl+Alt+Del by default) from the "Send
special key" menu group in "Main" menu. (Wengier)
Added full Ctrl+Break emulation at the BIOS and
DOS level, updated console emulation to match.
The "Pause" mapper shortcut is now moved to
HOST[F11/F12]+Pause instead of Ctrl+Pause so that
Ctrl+Break can work properly for users, and the
function to send the Ctrl+Break key from the menu
("Send special key" under "Main") is added. Also,
the PC-98 STOP key now functions the same as the
Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Break keys in IBM PC mode.
Added functions "CopyToClipboard" and "QuickRun" to
the mapper editor so that you can use shortcuts to
activate them (default shortcuts: HOST(F11/F12)+A
and HOST(F11/F12)+Q respectively), and a default
shortcut HOST(F11/F12)+V is added to the clipboard
paste function. Meanwhile, FullCore and SimpleCore
shortcuts are removed from the mapper. (Wengier)
Added two new menu items in the "Shared clipboard
functions" menu group under "Main", including "Copy
all text on the DOS screen" which will copy all
screen text to the clipboard, and "Stop clipboard
pasting" which allows user to stop pasting in the
middle of pasting long clipboard content. (Wengier)
The mouse copy/paste feature is now available for
non-Windows systems on SDL2 builds. Also, pasting
from the clipboard with a mapped shortcut is also
available for Linux/X11 on SDL1 builds. (Wengier)
Added "Use US keyboard layout" toggle menu item in
the "PC-98" menu group under "Video" to select
whether to force the default US keyboard layout in
PC-98 mode, same as the "pc-98 force ibm keyboard
layout" config option in [pc98] section. Also moved
the "PC-98 PIT master clock" options from the "DOS"
menu to this menu group. (Wengier)
The full dosbox-x.reference.conf file is renamed to
dosbox-x.reference.full.conf. The original file
dosbox-x.reference.conf now contains common config
options instead of all config options. (Wengier)
The CONFIG command and Configuration Tool will now
save common and modified config options by default.
The -all command-line option (or "Save all options
to the configuration file" checkbox) will force to
save all config options. A new -mod command-line
option is added to CONFIG command to save modified
config options only, and a new -norem command-line
option is added to not write remarks. (Wengier)
Updated the Windows installer to default to the
"typical" installation. For the full installation
start menu items will be added for DOSBox-X builds
copied to subdirectories. A new checkbox "Write
common config options (instead of all) to the
configuration file" is added which when checked
will only write common and modified advanced config
options to the config file. Furthermore, for both
"typical" and "full" installations the Windows
installer will now also copies the DLL files
inpout32.dll (32-bit) and inpoutx64.dll (64-bit) to
the DOSBox-X install directory for use with the
direct parallel port passthrough feature. (Wengier)
Improved Flatpak support for Linux. (rderooy)
Improved message for the -help command-line option,
adding for example -silent and -socket command-line
options in the help messages. (Wengier)
Added -silent command-line option to run DOSBox-X
silently (without showing the DOSBox-X window) and
then exit after executing AUTOEXEC.BAT. (Wengier)
Fixed command-line option -socket not working for
the null-modem feature. (Wengier)
Fixed issue that aspect ratio not being respected
in full-screen mode when a GLSL shader is enabled
with an OpenGL output. (Wengier)
Fixed toggle in the "Frameskip" menu group did not
change when selecting a different option. (Wengier)
Fixed shelling from programs may not work when the
shell config option is set. (Wengier)
The default country setting ("country" option in
[config] section]) now defaults to auto-detection
if possible, or 81 (Japan) in PC-98 mode. (Wengier)
Increased the default maximum DOS files (adjustable
from [config] section) from 127 to 200. (Wengier)
Improved resetting with LOADLIN program. (Wengier)
Improved Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) implementation to
make it more accurately represent the GUS DMA state
as expected by the running DOS software.
The archive attribute will no longer automatically
be applied to directories on non-Windows systems.
This fixed issue with PLAYMIDI.EXE from Gravis
Ultrasound when listing directories. (Wengier)
Applied hack to allow the low DMA channel detection
in the SB16 DIAGNOSE program to work. (Wengier)
The default setting of the clip_paste_speed option
has been changed from 20 to 30, which will help
prevent lost keystrokes when pasting from the host
clipboard for some programs. (Wengier)
With Pentium CPU setting (cputype=pentium) DOSBox-X
no longer reports FDIV bug by default. An advanced
config option "report fdiv bug" is added to report
such CPU bug when set to true. (rderooy & Wengier)
Added support for the XDG_DATA_HOME environment
variable for config directory in Linux. (rderooy)
Added support for compiling with pcap for Windows
MinGW builds. (Jookia)
Added config option "windowposition" (in [sdl]
section) to set the window position at startup in
the positionX,positionY format. (tomba4)
Added config option "raw_mouse_input" (in [sdl]
section; SDL2 builds only) to bypass the operating
system's mouse acceleration & sensitivity settings.
Implemented by NicknineTheEagle.
Added config option "startquiet" (in [dos] section)
which when set to true will silence the information
messages before launching Windows programs to run
on the Windows host. A toggle menu item "Quiet mode
(no start messages)" is added to the "Windows host
applications" menu group in "DOS" menu. (Wengier)
The menu "Show details" (under "Main") is renamed
to "Show FPS and RT speed in title bar". (Wengier)
Add menu group "Text-mode" under "Video" menu to
change some text-mode related video settings, such
as changing the number of rows and columns. A zip
package named TEXTUTIL.ZIP is added to the Z drive
that contains various utilities (such as CGA.COM,
EGA.COM, 132X25.COM, 132X43.COM) to change current
video setting from the command line. Also added a
config option "high intensity blinking" which when
set will display high intensity background colors
instad of blinking foreground text. The menu item
"Allow 9-pixel wide fonts" is moved from the menu
group "Compatibility" to here. (Wengier)
Added "Debugging" menu group under "Help" menu, and
moved items from the "Video" Debug and "DOS" Debug
menus and the debugger here (debug builds only).
Also allowed to hide/show the console or debugger
window in Windows debug builds. With the menu item
"Console wait on error" checked the Windows console
window will wait for the ENTER key before closing
itself after an E_EXIT occurs. (Wengier)
Updated MPXPLAY to latest version 1.65. (Wengier)
Integrated SVN commits (Allofich)
- r4386: Correct MPU-401 clock-to-host function to
  operate independently of playing. Fixes hang at
  exit when playing Roland music in demos by The
  Phoney Coders. Clamp tempo to valid range.
- r4384: ICW1 on the PIC clears the Interrupt Mask
  Register. Fixes Antagony and quite a few demos that
  expect IRQs to be unmasked.
- r4382: Refine adlib timers a bit more and make
  reading the Adlib take a bit more time.
- r4378: Prevent some possible deadlocks with sti
  in dynrec core.
- r4375: Improve compatibility with older Intel
  chipsets
- r4374: Add a bit of hack so cycles=max/auto 90%
  keeps on working inside batch files after r3925.
- r4371: Fix regression in Clue: Master Detective.
- r4370: As an adjunct to r4369, make the reference
  counts of standard device handles equivalent to
  those of real DOS.
- r4369: Compatible side-effect behavior of DOS in
  the file close function.
- r4368: Improve error codes for some DOS file functions.
- r4367: Change FPU_FBST to only write 18 decimals
  instead of the wrongly 19, this makes it possible
  to switch 64 integers which in turn fixes some
  rounding issues. (jmarsh)
- r4282,r4283: Switch to a different way to calculate
  DBOPL table offsets.
- r4280: Prevent GenerateDMASound from running with
  input of 0.
- r4279: Remove DMA_TRANSFEREND and replace with
  DMA_MASKED.
- r4277: Remove cases not needed after r4276
- r4276: Remove defunct code related to the initial
  display mode of the system BIOS during video mode
  changes.
- r4274: fix externals.
- r4273: Make frameskip an integer.
- r4269: Use fabsf when return value is a float.
  Small warning fix.
- r4265: Some more cleanups and memleak fixes.
- r4264: Pick some lowhanging fruit. (some memory
  leaks and unused variables)
- r4262: missed one
- r4261: These actually use float as input.
- r4258: Rename bios tester to biostest and make it
  debug only to avoid people trying to load real
  bioses.
- r4257: Add simple program that allows you to boot
  into a bios image for running cpu tester bios.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.6 2020-09-30 23:22

Published by joncampbell123 about 4 years ago

Note: Installation instructions are available from the INSTALL page. Also check out the DOSBox-X homepage for latest updates.

0.83.6

Improved internal Voodoo card hardware emulation,
such as fixing the font issue with the 3dfx version
of Tomb Raider when using non-Glide mode. Portions
of the code are ported from DOSBox ECE. (Wengier)
Added OpenGL shader support by porting the feature
from DOSBox SVN. GLSL shaders are now supported in
both SDL1 and SDL2 builds, and this also allows
pixel-perfect scaling to be enabled for the OpenGL
outputs. The config option "glshader" (in [render]
section) can be used to specify a GLSL shader file
or a built-in shader when the output is set to
"opengl" or "openglnb". For example, you can use
the setting "glshader=sharp" (built-in shader) or
"glshader=pixel_perfect" (with GLSL shader file)
for the pixel-perfect scaling mode. The Windows
installer will also copy several GLSL shader files
to the "glshaders" subdirectory of the DOSBox-X
install directory to be used directly. (Wengier)
Support for FluidSynth MIDI Synthesizer is now
included in the Windows Visual Studio builds by
default. Set "mididevice=fluidsynth" and a sound
font (e.g. GeneralUser_GS.sf2) to use it. (Wengier)
Updated the MUNT MT32 emulation library to its
latest version 2.4.0. A few new MT32 config options
(starting with "mt32.") are added to [midi] section
of the DOSBox-X configuration. (Wengier)
The DOSMID and MPXPLAY programs have been built
into DOSBox-X, both can be found on the Z drive and
feature full-screen user interfaces with support
for command-line usages (use /? option for help).
DOSMID can play MIDI/RMI/MUS audio files, whereas
MPXPLAY is a powerful and flexible audio player
with support for a variety of formats including
AAC/AC3/APE/FLAC/MP2/MP3/MPC/OGG/WAV and more with
playlist support. (Wengier)
The mounting options "Mount as Hard Disk", "Mount
as CD-ROM", "Mount as Floppy", "Mount disk image"
and "Boot from disk image" (previously only for
Windows) in the "Drive" menu and the "Quick launch
program..." in the "DOS" menu are now available
for non-Windows platforms as well. (Wengier)
Added "Shared Windows clipboard functions" menu
group under "Main", which allows you to enable
or disable the different ways for DOSBox-X to
communicate with the Windows clipboard. (Wengier)
Added config option "dos clipboard api" in [dos]
section to control whether to enable the DOS APIs
for communications with the Windows clipboard for
DOS applications. (Wengier)
Added config option "clip_mouse_button" to select
a mouse button (middle, right, or none; with right
mouse button being the default) for copying to and
pasting from the Windows clipboard. (Wengier)
The mouse wheel movements will be automatically
converted into up/down arrows by default for the
intergrated DOS now. You can also enable it for
the guest system from the "Main" menu ("mouse wheel
movements" -> "Enable for guest systems also") or
from the config file. (Wengier)
Added "Emulate CPU speed" menu group (under "CPU")
to emulate the speed of a specific CPU class. The
cycles to emulate are approximations of the actual
CPU hardware, and they are available thanks to data
provided by the user maximus105. Also added config
option "cycle emulation percentage adjust" in [cpu]
section for users who would like to make relative
percentage adjustments (between -25% and 25%) in
case it is necessary. (Wengier)
Added SORT command from FreeDOS. It can be used to
sort input, e.g. "TYPE FILE.TXT | SORT". (Wengier)
Added DELTREE command to delete a directory and all
the subdirectories and files in it as in a real DOS
system. Please use it with caution. (Wengier)
The command for starting the Configuration Tool has
been renamed from "SHOWGUI" to "CFGTOOL". A new
command-line option -gui is added to CONFIG command
to start the Configuration Tool as well. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X now includes ZIP.EXE and UNZIP.EXE from
InfoZip for zipping and unzipping files in DOS.
Both programs will appear on the Z drive. (Wengier)
The powerful DOS CD player called SJGPLAY has been
built into DOSBox-X. You can now find the program
CDPLAY.EXE in the Z drive for playing Audio CDs in
DOS, which supports both graphical and command-line
usage, and you will also find a text file named
CDPLAY.TXT in the Z drive for a quick usage guide.
A zip package including full documentation and some
extras will additionally appear as SJGPLAY.ZIP in
the Z drive. This freeware program was written by
Steve Gray and is now included in DOSBox-X with
explicit permission of the author. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now by default show a quit warning
if a DOS program or game, or a guest system is
running. The previous behavior can be set with
"quit warning=autofile". (Wengier)
The welcome banner when DOSBox-X starts has been
improved for a better looking and should provide
more helpful instructions for users. (Wengier)
Add new "Help" menu which includes menu items
"Introduction", "DOSBox-X homepage", "DOSBox-X Wiki
guide", "DOSBox-X support" and "About". (Wengier)
Improved the message when automatically re-running
the executable which failed with the "Packed file
is corrupt" error. Also added the "autoloadfix"
config option which when set to "false" will not
automatically re-run such programs. (Wengier)
The display for several section names in DOSBox-X's
graphical configuration tool has been capitalized
or modified otherwise to look better. A default
shortcut key HOST(F11/F12)+C is added for starting
the graphical configuration tool. (Wengier)
Added the "Show advanced options" checkbox in the
main screen of the Configuration GUI to toggle
whether to display all config options for the
sections. If unchecked (default), it will show
common config options instead of all of them. A
new config option "show advanced options" is added
which when set to "true" will make the checkbox
checked by default. (Wengier)
Added code to cap the scan line length given to
the VESA BIOS given the video mode. This prevents
VBETEST.EXE from doing test patterns smaller than
the actual display, which can happen with 32bpp
320x200 modes and 1MB or less video RAM.
VESA BIOS Set Scan Line Length fixed to properly
report and handle scan line length for 16-color
SVGA planar modes. VBETEST 16-color modes now
display correctly.
Added option to control whether VESA BIOS panning
(the original VBE call) waits for vsync.
Moved video related config options from [dosbox]
section to its own [video] section. These options
in existing config files will be automatically
redirected to the [video] section from the [dosbox]
section when DOSBox-X starts. Windows installer can
also move such config options from existing config
files automatically. (Wengier)
Cleared modem phone book before parsing it. Thank
NicknineTheEagle for the improvement.
Improved the help message of MOUNT command. Also
added option -examples to show its usage examples,
similar to IMGMOUNT and IMGMAKE commands. (Wengier)
Fixed freeze when trying to reboot the internal
DOS when using a different code page and it is in
CGA or EGA emulation modes. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now try to use the internal DOS date
and time (instead of always using the host date and
date) for file modication timestamps. (Wengier)
Added menu item "Expanded memory (EMS)" under "DOS"
menu to dynamically enable or disable EMS memory
at run-time. You can now also modify EMS memory
with CONFIG command from command-line. (Wengier)
Added config option "drive z hide files" (in [dos]
section) to hide or remove files listed (separated
by spaces) from the Z drive. If a file has a "/"
prefix (e.g. "/INTRO.COM"), then the specified file
will have the hidden attribute ("DIR /A" will list
all such files) instead of completely disappearing
from the Z drive. (Wengier)
You can now add your own programs or files to the
Z drive! Put your programs or files in the drivez
directory located in the DOSBox-X program folder
or the DOSBox-X configuration directory, and they
will automatically appear on the Z drive. If any of
the files have the same names as the built-in ones,
they will replace the built-in files. For example,
you can replace the built-in EDIT.COM and XCOPY.EXE
programs (from FreeDOS) with MS-DOS counterparts.
Windows installer will now automatically create a
drivez directory with a README.TXT file in it too.
For subdirectories support please use MOUNT command
to mount local directory instead. (Wengier).

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.5 2020-09-01 01:13

Published by joncampbell123 about 4 years ago

Note 1: Our redesigned DOSBox-X homepage (http://dosbox-x.com/) is now launched! Please be sure to check out the new homepage for the latest information about DOSBox-X.

Note 2: No Visual Studio build this time. I have no patience for a program (VS2019) that mysteriously stops working, and then completely forgets how to load a project file after a lengthy reinstall process (COM object errors???). Maybe next month, Microsoft.

0.83.5

Windows installer now offers the option to upgrade
the DOSBox-X config file (dosbox-x.conf) to the
latest version format automatically while keeping
users' current settings. It can also add a context
menu for executables (.exe, .com, .bat), config
files (.conf) and folders in the Windows Explorer
so that you could quickly run or open them with
DOSBox-X from the Windows Explorer. More icons
are added to the DOSBox-X program group within the
Start menu as well. (Wengier)
Added config option "startbanner" in [dosbox]
section which if set to "false" would skip the
welcome banner when DOSBox-X starts. Also added
config option "fastbioslogo" which if set to "true"
will skip the BIOS logo (replacing the command-line
option -fastbootlogo). A new command-line option
"-fastlaunch" is added to enable fast launch mode
by skipping both the logo and the banner. (Wengier)
Added config option "ega per scanline hpel" in
[dosbox] section to control whether EGA emulation
latches hpel at display start (as VGA emulation
does) or allows hpel to change per scanline.
Setting the option to false is needed for some
games like Commander Keen.
Support for mounting CD images with a sector size
of 2448, used by for example the MDF image of the
game Grand Theft Auto. (Wengier)
Allowed Sound Blaster to be enabled by the games
"Desert Strike" and "Jungle Strike". (Wengier)
Sound Blaster Pro emulation now maps DSP commands
0x41 to 0x47 as aliases of 0x40 (set time constant)
to support broken demoscene code that uses 0x41
in that way. Yes, such code would obviously break
on clone cards and the SB16. Added a config option
"dsp command aliases" in [sblaster] section to turn
it off for debugging. Alias is documented on Vogons
forums where someone made a SB Pro clone card.
Fixed the issue with CD audio play by porting the
audio code from DOSBox ECE. (Wengier)
COPY command now assumes /Y automatically when
running in the batch file or with CALL command
(or COMMAND /C) as in real DOS. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will allow control characters 8 (BS),
9 (TAB), 26 (SUB), and 27 (ESC) when executing GOTO
command in batch files without warnings. (Wengier)
Normal core: REP MOVSD now checks segment limits
for ES:(E)DI and throws a GP fault if exceeded.
Demoscene productions marked as using VESA BIOS
modes and scribbling on the VGA BIOS are relying
on segment limits and GP faults to fake a linear
framebuffer.
Added config option "vesa bank switching window
range check" to allow disabling the VESA BIOS
window number range check when called on to
bank switch. Needed for "Pill" by Opiate in the
end credits, which for some reason requires a
call for window number 0xFFFF to succeed in order
to draw credits without glitching.
Added config option "vesa bank switching window
mirroring" for instructing VESA BIOS to ignore
bank switching window parameter when asked to
get/set bank switching window setting. Needed for
some old demoscene and game applications that
assume Window B is available, and will not render
SVGA properly without it.
Added config option "quit warning" to indicate if
DOSBox-X should warn show a warning message when
you try to close the DOSBox-X window. If set to
"auto" (default), DOSBox-X will warn only if at
least one file handle is still open, or you are
currently running a guest system. (Wengier)
Add command-line option "-defaultdir" to specify
a directory (instead of the current directory) as
the working directory. DOSBox-X will look for the
dosbox-x.conf file in this directory. (Wengier)
The -winrun command-line option will also enable
LFN support with "lfn=auto" on Windows. (Wengier)
VER /R now shows DOSBox-X's Git commit SHA1, in
addition to the build date and other version
information shown by the VER command. (Wengier)
Fixed that joystick may not work with the setting
"usescancodes=auto" when a non-US keyboard layout
is activated on the SDL1 build. (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will now search for system fonts if the
fonts required for the printing feature cannot be
found in the FONTS directory. (Wengier)
Added menu item "Send form-feed" under the DOS menu
for manually ejecting new pages to print. (Wengier)
Added "Quick launch program..." menu (under "DOS")
to quickly run the specified program as selected
by the Windows file browser in DOSBox-X. (Wengier)
Added "Drive information" menu item under "Drive"
menu to show information for the specified drive,
and added "Show mounted drive numbers" menu item
under "DOS" menu to show details for all mounted
drive numbers (0-5). (Wengier)
The command "Swap CD" now swaps only CD drives (as
the name), not all non-floppy drives. Also added
"Swap disk" menu item under the "Drive" menu for
swapping individual mounted drives. (Wengier)
IMGMAKE now tries to resolve home directory (~)
on Linux and macOS platforms. Also improved the
help message for this command. (Wengier)
Fixed unmounting swap disks when unmounting drives
with MOUNT or IMGMOUNT command. (Wengier)
Fixed possible failure when mounting .VHD images,
and the issue that leading colon (:) or read-only
marker may not work for such images. (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT command without parameters now shows the
disk position and number of swap disks, as well as
IDE controller (if applicable). Also added option
-examples to show its usage examples. (Wengier)
Add "-ro" option for IMGMOUNT command to mark all
disk images as read-only at once. You could also
mark read-only disk images individually using the
leading colon as in previous versions. (Wengier)
The default value for "output" (in "sdl" section)
is now "default", which will default to the value
according to your platform. (Wengier)
The -Q (quiet) option of MOUNT, BOOT and RESCAN
commands now silences virtually all outputs (error
and normal messages) of these commands. (Wengier)
Worked around the mounting issue with LaunchBox,
by allowing a mounting command-line with single
quotes like MOUNT C 'X:\DOS' on Windows. (Wengier)
Unmounting ISO drives will auto-unmount associated
El Torito floppy drives (if any) too. (Wengier)
Updated xxHash library by Yann Collet from 0.7.4
to the stable version 0.8.0. (Wengier)
Added support for the OPL2 audio board by setting
the config option "oplemu=opl2board".
The save state feature now tries to save and then
restore the mounted drives of all types (if the
paths or image files still exist on host system).
This fixes the "save state corrupted" error while
trying to load saved states but the drives are not
yet mounted in DOSBox-X. (Wengier)
The save state feature now verifies the emulated
machine type (VGA, PC98, etc) too when loading a
saved state. All confirm and error dialog boxes
for saving or loading states appear in a cross-
platform manner now, instead of only on Windows
systems. Also added the option to remove the saved
state in the selected save slot. (Wengier)
Increased the number of save slots from 10 to 100.
Each page in the save slot menu (under "Capture")
still shows 10 slots as before, but you can now go
to the previous or next page (up to 10 pages) for
more save slots (100 in total). (Wengier).
The [pci] section is now the [voodoo] section, and
the config option "voodoo" (the only option of that
section) is now named "voodoo_card" within the
[voodoo] section to make clear it is for emulating
the Voodoo card hardware. Also added config option
"voodoo_maxmem" (default: true) to specify whether
to use the maximum memory size (12MB instead of the
standard 4MB) for the Vooodoo card. (Wengier)
Added support for Glide wrapper. It can be enabled
with the new config option "glide" set to "true"
in [voodoo] section. The library file glide2x.dll
(Windows)/libglide2x.so (Linux)/libglide2x.dylib
(macOS) is required for Glide to work. Be sure to
use 32-bit dll for 32-bit DOSBox-X binary, and
64-bit dll for 64-bit DOSBox-X binary. (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.4 2020-08-02 11:59

Published by joncampbell123 about 4 years ago

0.83.4

Fixed loading saved states in fullscreen mode with
the "aspect=true" setting. (Wengier)
Added config option "saveslot" to select default
save slot (1-10). The timestamps for the saved
states will also be shown in the menu. (Wengier)
Added key mapper for sending the Ctrl+Alt+Del key,
with HOST(F11/F12)+Del by default. (Wengier)
Added dosbox-x.conf setting to ignore the EGA/VGA
"extended memory" bit. It was originally defined
back when stock EGA/VGA cards could ship with 64KB
of memory. The option is needed for DOS games that
accidentally clear the bit when using unchained
256-color modes (Mr. Blobby).
Added new default value "auto" for the setting
"usescancodesauto" (in [sdl] section of the config
file) to work around issues with non-US keyboard
layouts on SDL1 builds. (Wengier)
Added code pages 808, 850, 852, 853, 855, 857,
858, 869, 872 for host to guest codepage mapping
on mounted local or overlay drives. (Wengier)
The mapper options "Increase recording volume" and
"Decrease recording volume" as well as function
"Show sound levels" (from MIXER command) appear
now as menu items (under "Sound") too. (Wengier)
Fixed inputting of ASCII character 224 and 240
in Windows SDL2 or MinGW builds. (Wengier)
Fixed possible DPMI error when running Windows
98 installation from the DOSBox-X shell without
using a batch file. (Wengier)
Fixed a bug in the FAT driver that can cause
a byte to get lost if writing up to the end of
a cluster, which seems to be behind the
corruption with program group files when running
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 from DOSBox-X shell.
[https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/issues/1758#issuecomment-665193066]
Unknown INT 2Fh calls are now debug output, not
an error.
Added VESA BIOS mode 68h alias as indicated on
the Vogons forum.
Fixed handling of config commands with spaces
when the "shell configuration as commands"
setting is enabled (quotes are needed in such
cases). Also added "Config options as commands"
toggle menu (under "DOS") to enable/disable the
feature from menu. It is disabled by default to
avoid name clash with other programs. (Wengier)
Added "Enable quick reboot" toggle menu (under
"DOS") so that when enabled, DOS restart calls
will reboot the emulated DOS (integrated or
guest DOS) instead of the virtual machine in
DOSBox-X. Also, you could change the default
setting for this by setting the new "quick
reboot" config option in "dos" section (Wengier)
Added new "Reboot guest system" menu item (under
"Main") to reboot the kernel of the integrated
DOS or the guest DOS directly. The previous menu
item "Reset guest system" has been renamed to
"Reset virtual machine" which will restart the
virtual machine in DOSBox-X instead. (Wengier)
Added "Reported DOS version" sub-menu (under
"DOS") to dynamically change the reported DOS
version (3.3, 5.0, 6.22, 7.1, or custom). This
may enable/disable long filename (LFN) support
with the default "lfn=auto" setting. (Wengier)
LS is now an external command appearing on drive
Z: as LS.COM instead of a builtin shell command.
This avoids name clash with game "Links LS 97"
which has the main executable named LS.EXE. Also
fixed minor issues in this command. (Wengier)
Fixed the game "Disney's Duck Tales: the Quest
for Gold" not able to start. (Wengier)
Improved Configuration GUI's handling of "4dos"
and "config" sections. Also added the "Save..."
button just before the "Close" button. (Wengier)
Added "euro" config option (in [render] section)
to display Euro symbol instead of the specified
ASCII character in any code page. (Wengier)
PC-98 CG MMIO writes fixed to limit writes only
to the user-defined areas, same as the IO writes.
This fixes "Niko Niko" that appears to write a
few too many 0xE1 bytes when filling text
attribute RAM and into the CG MMIO region.
With -winrun command-line option or the setting
"startcmd=true" (Windows only), you can now
directly launch Windows programs on mounted local
or overlay drives to run on the host. The option
"startwait=false" can be used to disable waiting
for Windows programs after started. This can also
be toggled from the "DOS" menu. (Wengier)
Added START command to run commands on Windows
host system. The /MAX, /MIN, /HID options can
be used to run the specified program maximized,
minimized, or hidden (they can be shortened to
+, -, _ respectively). This command is disabled
by default, but can be enabled by either the
"startcmd" config option (in [dos] section) or
the -winrun command-line option (which will also
enable the CLIP$ device for Windows clipboard
support). START will run commands listed in the
"startincon" config option (separated by space)
in the Windows Command Prompt and wait for a key
press before exiting. (Wengier)
Added SHELL= option to the [config] section in
dosbox-x.conf to specify an alternative shell,
e.g. "SHELL=4DOS.COM". (Wengier)
Added built-in 4DOS 8.00 shell for 4DOS features
and capabilities. There is now a [4dos] section
in the dosbox-x.conf file to act as the 4DOS.INI
config file if you use this shell. (Wengier)
Added "Mouse wheel movements" menu (under "Main")
to enable or disable the mouse wheel movements
to arrow (up/down etc) feature. (Wengier)
Added "Quick right mouse button copy/paste" menu
item toggle to allow quick Windows clipboard copy
and paste via the right mouse button without any
key modifier that may have been specified by the
config option "clip_key_modifier". (Wengier)
Fixed mounting a directory with command-line like
"dosbox-x .", and fixed mounting disk images with
spaces via the "Drive" menu on Windows. (Wengier)
Added "mountwarning" config setting so you could
optionally disable the warning when attempting to
mount C:\ in Windows or / otherwise. (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT now assumes "-fs none" automatically if
a drive number is specified instead of a drive
letter. Moreover, it will assume the image file
name "IMGMAKE.IMG" if no filename is specified by
the user. Also improved the command's handling of
El Torito floppy drives, e.g. you can use option
"-bootcd d" instead of "-el-torito d". (Wengier)
IMGMAKE warning replaced to indicate a general
incompatibility between MS-DOS/SCANDISK and
cluster sizes 64KB or larger.
IMGMAKE command will now use the image file name
"IMGMAKE.IMG" if no file name is specified (either
in the mounted local directory or in the DOSBox-X
program directory if the current directory is not
a local directory). The command now also supports
a -force option to force overwrite the image file
if it already exists. Furthermore, IMGMAKE will
delete the generated image file if an error occurs
during the image file creation. (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.3 2020-06-30 18:32

Published by joncampbell123 over 4 years ago

0.83.3

IMGMAKE can now generate FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32
filesystems. New option "-fat" is added to select
the filesystem for the disk image.
Fixed command-line like "./dosbox-x /dir/app.bat"
not able to launch the specified program (Wengier)
Fixed bug in DIR command's /P option which might
cause it to not work properly. (Wengier)
The default key modifier for the Windows clipboard
copy & paste via the right mouse button feature is
now "shift" instead of "disabled". (Wengier)
Single-stepping in the debugger with the 286 and
8086 normal cores now works correctly when stepping
over instructions with a segment prefix.
Pentium MMX instructions now only available for
Pentium MMX or higher. Fixed the bug that allowed
MMX instructions for Pentium and lower if programs
ignored the CPUID feature bits. Also fixed Pentium
MMX instructions so that they work in both 16-bit
real mode and 32-bit protected mode to match how
they work in real hardware (joncampbell123)
Updated DOSBox-X's implementation for Pentium MMX
instructions to latest version by kekko (Wengier)
DOSBox-X will try to automatically run the program
with LOADFIX if the error message "Packed file is
corrupt" is detected. (Wengier)
MOUNT command can now mount a drive to the UNC
root path in the form \ComputerName\SharedFolder
on Windows systems. (Wengier)
Improved the HX-DOS build package to make it fully
automated: all required HX DOS Extender files will
be included in the package, and dosbox-x.exe can
now be run directly in a real DOS system without
external requirements. (Wengier)
Fixed incorrect frame rate reported by 3Dfx Voodoo
emulation (rderooy, backported from DOSBox SVN).
Added the "Boot from disk image" menu item (A:, C:,
and D: drives only) in the "Drive" menu to boot the
specified disk image directly in Windows. (Wengier)
Support for converting mouse wheel movements into
keyboard presses like arrow keys, configurable by
the option "mouse_wheel_key" (default is 0 which
disables this feature). When set to 1, mouse wheel
movements are converted to up/down arrows. Setting
it to 2 or 3 converts such movements to left/right
arrows or PageUp/PageDn keys respectively. (Wengier)
Support for reloading the keyboard mapper file with
the config -set command. (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT command without parameters will show disk
names for drive-number only mounts. (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT can now autodetect DOS <= 3.21 harddisk
geometry with MFM sector images (rderooy & Wengier)
IMGMOUNT -fs none fixed to use same geometry detect
function that FAT filesystem mounting uses.
Added suppprt for mounting overlay drives using MOUNT
command with "-t overlay" option. Backported from
DOSBox SVN and adopted for DOSBox-X with additional
features such as long filename and PC-98 support, it
allows the users to redirect new and changed file(s)
to a different location transparently. (Wengier)
Cleaned up the DPI awareness auto-detection code to
allow Visual Studio builds to again run on Windows 7.
Meanwhile, MinGW builds (either SDL1 or SDL2 version)
are still required for Windows XP systems. (Wengier)
Updated Nuked OPL3 to latest version 1.8 for accurate
OPL3 emulation (Wengier)
Added AUTOTYPE command to perform scripted keyboard
entry into a running DOS program or game. Ported from
DOSBox-staging, it can be used to reliably skip intro,
provide input to answer initial startup or config
questions, or conduct a simple demo. (Wengier)
Added code page 866 (Cyrillic Russian) to support
host to guest code page mapping (tuffnatty)
Mouse buttons (left, middle, right) can now be mapped
to keys in the keyboard mapper. (Wengier)
Support for mounting .cue files with MP3/OGG/WAV/FLAC
compressed audio tracks. (Wengier)
Rewrote the Windows installer for DOSBox-X, as well as
the building script for the installer. All required
build tools including the Inno Setup Compiler are now
provided in the repository and will be automatically
called by the building script. (Wengier)
Added config option "mapperfile_sdl2" for SDL2 builds.
SDL1 and SDL2 builds of DOSBox-X can not use the same
mapper file, or they will likely malfunction. Adding
this option allows SDL1 and SDL2 builds of DOSBox-X
to work with the same dosbox-x.conf file. (Wengier)
Added GUI menu option under "DOS" to change the long
filename setting (enable, disable, or auto). (Wengier)
Improvements and fixes to the save/load state feature:
It now supports Sound Blaster Goldplay mode;
It now saves PC-98 FM interrupt state so that reloading
state does not cause hung music;
It is also fixed not to crash when used within a guest
operting system (when the DOS kernel has been shut down
using the BOOT command);
It now supports memory size up to 1000MB;
It will save and verify the DOSBox-X version and build.
States saved by DOSBox-X in one platform (e.g. 64-bit
Windows) may not work in another (e.g. 32-bit Linux).
The GUI menu will show if the save slot is empty, and if
not the program name of save state will be displayed.
Re-ported and improved the save state feature for saving
and loading states with support for up to 10 save slots.
They can be selected from the "Capture" menu. (Wengier)
Added COUNTRY command to set country code for country-
specific date and time formats. For example, the command
"COUNTRY 61" sets the country code to 61 (International
English) which uses the DD-MM-YYYY date format instead
of the default (U.S.) MM-DD-YYYY date format. (Wengier)
DOS 440Dh IOCTL function 67h (get access flag) added to
allow FDISK.EXE to determine FAT filesystem type. Also
implemented function 40h (set device parameters) and
function 46h (set volume serial number). (Wengier)
Unknown DOS 440Dh IOCTLs warnings now indicate whether
triggered by call or query.
S3 VESA BIOS mode number for 1024x768 32bpp changed to
avoid conflict with Windows 95 S3 driver and 800x600
16bpp mode.
FAT driver no longer mounts FAT32 volumes unless the
DOS version is 7.1 or higher, and it no longer mounts
FAT16B LBA volumes unless the DOS version is 7.0 or
higher. These are to mimic the MS-DOS behavior.
Fixed FAT driver not to attempt to mount partitions that
have nothing to do with the FAT filesystem (such as
type 0Dh and extended LBA partition tables). Also fixed
the FAT driver to not assume partition start sector 63
if it cannot identify a partition to use.
Added code to FAT driver to identify telltale pattern
left by Microsoft FDISK when a partition is created (but
not yet formatted) and reject.

No Centos 8 builds because apparently libcap-devel and fluidsynth are not available.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.2 2020-05-31 16:45

Published by joncampbell123 over 4 years ago

0.83.2

Added help messages for some supported commands. (Wengier)
Added phone book support for the emulated modem. There is
a new phonebookfile= option in the [serial] section. The
phone book file entries need to be in the format of:
" <hostname/ip:port>" e.g.
5551234 cavebbs.homeip.net:23
Implemented the missing EMS subfunctions 52h and 59h by
porting the patch that adds them (Wengier)
Fixed issues with the "config -wcd -all" command and other
updates to the CONFIG command (Wengier)
Added [config] section in dosbox-x.conf to resemble DOS's
CONFIG.SYS file. It currently supports REM, BREAK, NUMLOCK,
FCBS, FILES, DOS, DEVICE/DEVICEHIGH, INSTALL/INSTALLHIGH,
SET and LASTDRIVE commands. The file CONFIG.SYS will appear
on the Z: drive, similar to AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The [config]
section can be bypassed with the -noconfig command-line
option or with the secure mode enabled (Wengier)
Moved PC-98 related config options (starting with "pc-98 ")
from [dosbox] and [dos] sections to its own [pc98] section.
These options in existing dosbox-x.conf/dosbox.conf files
will be automatically redirected to the [pc98] section from
the other sections when DOSBox-X starts (Wengier)
The user directory DOSBox-X uses has been changed to use the
DOSBox-X directory (e.g. from ~/.dosbox to ~/.config/dosbox-x
on Linux platform). It will be read after the dosbox-x.conf
file in the current directory (Wengier)
Config option "dpi aware" now supports the "auto" setting
to auto-decide on the best setting for the platform. This
fixes very small window issue on high DPI devices such as
Microsoft Surface tablets. (Wengier)
Added DTASEG, DTAOFF, and PSPSEG as hex value constants to
the debugger interface to aid in debugging DOS programs.
New command-line option -helpdebug added to list debug-
related command-line options. The standard -? / -h / -help
command-line option will no longer list them (Wengier)
Implemented LFN support for FAT driver, so that it is now
possible to view directory list, create or open files and
directories etc with long filenames on FAT12/16/32 drives
just like on mounted local drives.
FAT driver cleaned up and fixed to avoid edge cases that
can corrupt directory entries and leave lost clusters
on the disk, also fixed to always report root directory
as a directory through the GetFileAttribute INT 21h call,
needed by MOVE.EXE and XCOPY.EXE to work properly.
IMGMOUNT auto geometry detection will assume LBA disk
and fake C/H/S geometry if the disk is 4GB or larger,
the MBR lacks executable code, or the first partition
is Windows 98-style LBA FAT16 or FAT32.
IMGMOUNT now assumes ISO type by default if the image file
extension is .iso/.cue/.bin/.mdf. No need for "-t iso" in
this case; but (if appliable) it can be overridden by for
example "-t hdd". (Wengier)
IMGMOUNT command (no parameters) now lists mounted FAT/ISO
drives and mounted drive numbers, also SUBST command (no
parameters) now lists mounted local drives (Wengier)
INT AH=36h fixed to convert free space but maintain a
cluster size (bytes/sector * sectors/cluster) that is less
than 64KB to avoid divide by 0 crashes with FORMAT.COM /S
Added FAT32 free/total disk space API for FAT driver, and
updated INT 21h AX=7303h to call it. FAT driver now provides
FAT32 extended disk free/total through FAT32 API and 2GB
limited free/total through INT 21h AH=36h for older DOS
programs. Shell DIR command updated to use FAT32 free space
API to show free space even on FAT32 partitions larger than
2GB, but only if the DOS version is set to 7.1 or higher.
Added FAT32 INT21h and IOCTLs needed by MS-DOS 7.1/Windows 98
versions of SCANDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM, such as DOS functions
for "FAT32 extended" absolute disk read and write.
Improved FAT32 support to the FAT driver, including direct
support for FAT32 drives in the DOSBox-X command shell. Files,
directories and volume labels on FAT32 drives can be listed,
read from or written to just like on FAT12/16 drives.
Added DOS IOCTL read/write logical device track functions so
that FORMAT.COM is able to verify and modify the partition table
to successfully format a hard drive image. Also added stub to
DOS IOCTL "format device track" for FORMAT.COM.
You can now force unmount a drive and then mount it to a new
directory in one command, e.g. "MOUNT C C:\DOS -U" (Wengier)
REN command can now rename directories (in addition to files) on
FAT drives just like on local drives (Wengier)
Several improvements to DEL command, such as a new /F option to
force delete of read-only files, and improved handling when the
argument is a directory (Wengier)
LS command added to list directory contents. It does not support
all options as in Unix/Linux platform (Wengier)
DIR /O & /OG supported in addition to /ON|/OE|/OS|/OD options.
Options such as /-O & /-A can be used to override /O, /A etc if
they are specified in the DIRCMD environment varaible (Wengier)
DIR and VOL commands now display real serial numbers for mounted
local drives (Windows only) and FAT drives (Wengier)
Fixed SYS command not working properly (Wengier)
DOS kernel INT 21h function Set File Attribute no longer
allows changing volume label attributes and fixes directory
attributes in order to prevent filesystem corruption.
This prevents Windows 95 Setup from creating WINBOOT.INI
and then changing it into a directory with the call.
FAT driver bugs fixed where a newly created zero length file
combined with a lseek() can corrupt filesytem structures
(root directory and/or the second FAT table). This fixes
filesystem corruption when running Windows 95 install.
Enabled printer emulation for non-Windows OSes (Linux,
Mac OS X, etc.). FreeType2 is required to enable
printer emulation at compile time.
Added command-line option "-o" for MOUNT command so that
it can be specified whether to report mounted local drives
as remote (network) drives. It is "auto" by default just
like the virtual drive Z:.
Added config option "drive z is remote" in dosbox-x.conf
to report drive Z: as a remote (network) drive. It is
"auto" by default, which will try to prevent SCANDISK.EXE
from Windows 9x installs to scan and "repair" drive Z:
which is not backed by a disk filesystem.
Fixed clip_key_modifier setting not working when it is
set to alt, ctrl or shift in the SDL2 build. (Wengier)
Sending "Ctrl+Alt+Del" key from the menu will now reset
the system within DOSBox-X when the intergrated DOS or a
real DOS booted from a disk image is active. (Wengier)
PC speaker output fixed not to timeout and stop rendering
unless the PC speaker output is not emitting anything
audible anyway (Fix for Sopwith 1 and 2).
Added ALIAS command to define or display aliases.
"HELP command" now works the same as "command /?" for
supported internal commands. (Wengier)
Improved handling of quotes in some commands. (Wengier)
Added -set command-line option to change config options.
It can be specified multiple times for multiple options,
overriding any options in the config file. For example,
the command "dosbox-x.exe -set machine=pc98" will force
DOSBox-X to start in PC-98 mode. (Wengier)
Re-added full drive menu items for the Windows platform.
The "Boot from drive" item (A:, C: and D: drives only)
should work in other platforms too. The BOOT command is
also improved to allow e.g. "BOOT A:" to work. (Wengier)
INT 10h vector now points into VGA BIOS as a workaround
for DOS programs that use vector location as part of
their EGA/VGA detection. This fixes blink attribute
and EGA/VGA detection failure with SuperCalc 3 and
SuperCalc 4. This option, enabled by default, can be
disabled or enabled from dosbox-x.conf.
Improved long filename (LFN) and SetFileAttr/GetFileAttr
support for PC-98 mode. (Wengier)
Added config option "lfn" to enable/disable long filename
(LFN) support. With default setting of "auto", LFN support
is enabled if the reported DOS version is at least 7.0.
Added config option "automountall" (default: false) to
automatically mount all available Windows drives (Wengier)
The copy & paste Windows clipboard text via the right
mouse button feature now has support for PC-98 mode too
in addition to other modes. (Wengier)
MPU401 IRQ fixed to properly default to 2 or 9 in IBM
PC/XT/AT mode depending on the "enable slave pic" config
option (rderooy)
Fluidsynth defaults fixed for better more reliable audio
streaming on Linux and Mac OS X (Wengier and rderooy)
Improved support for FluidSynth MIDI device by porting
code from DOSBox ECE. Set "mididevice=fluidsynth" along
with other required options such as "fluid.soundfont"
in dosbox-x.conf to use it. The previous config setting
"mididevice=synth" is still supported for alternative
implementation of FluidSynth. (Wengier)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.1 2020-05-02 17:41

Published by joncampbell123 over 4 years ago

0.83.1

dosbox-x.conf is now recognized as the default config
file name in addition to dosbox.conf. The sample config
file "dosbox.reference.conf" has been renamed to
"dosbox-x.reference.conf" as well (Wengier)
Sound Blaster emulation fixed to better handle Goldplay
mode detection false positive in 1994 demoscene demo
myth_dw.zip when using Sound Blaster Pro setting in
the demo. The initial state before music starts is
like Goldplay mode, but when music actually starts the
DMA programmed to normal state without restarting
DMA playback.
Tandy DAC output fixed to slowly ramp last sample to
zero DC sample (128) when switched off. This fixes
loud popping (DC offset) problems with Tandy DAC
sound effects in Prince of Persia. This new behavior
also seems to match real Tandy 1000 hardware according
to video captures of it's audio/video outputs while
playing Prince of Persia on it.
Tandy/PCjr 3-voice fixed to respond to I/O port 0xC0
regardless of 8-bit or 16-bit I/O (fixes Prince of
Persia).
Write-protecting a disk image in IMGMOUNT and BOOT
commands now supported by putting a leading colon (:)
before the image file name. Works with disk swapping;
e.g. "BOOT :C:\DISK1.IMG C:\DISK2.IMG" only write-
protects C:\DISK1.IMG but not C:\DISK2.IMG. The new
config option "leading colon write protect image" can
be used to disable or enable this behavior (Wengier)
Support for changing DOSBox-X internal time (Wengier)
Support for pipes (|), e.g. "DIR | MORE" should now
work as expected; it is recommended to set the %TEMP%
(or %TMP%) environment variable to a writable directory
inside DOSBox-X before using pipes (Wengier)
Improved redirections using "<" or ">" (Wengier)
Improved Ctrl+C handling in some commands (Wengier)
Improved Tab completion in the command shell (Wengier)
Improved -get & -set options for the CONFIG command,
e.g. support for config options with spaces (Wengier)
Improved REN (or RENAME) command to support wildcards
(* and ?) in the source and/or target files (Wengier)
Some improvements to commands like MORE & VER (Wengier)
Added BREAK, VERIFY and TRUENAME commands as in a real
DOS system. Type "[command] /?" for help info (Wengier)
Implemented FOR command to run a specified command for
each file in a set of files. Also added LFNFOR command
to control whether to use long filenames in the FOR
command as in MS-DOS 7+ (Wengier)
Implemented ATTRIB command to view and set attributes
of files or directories (Wengier)
Added emulation of R (readonly) attribute bit for
Linux and Unix systems through the user-writable
file mode bits of the filesystem.
Fixed PC DOS 2000 crash during installation.
PC speaker: Mode 3 (square wave) and a counter value
of 1 produces a low frequency square wave. Ulrasonic
frequencies do not begin until count == 2. This fixes
helicopter noises in Paratrooper.
Fixed PC speaker emulation to allow higher PC speaker
frequencies (10x the value of pcrate) to reduce
hiss/noise/aliasing noise that occurs when games
program ultrasonic frequencies into the counter to
"silence" the speaker. "Titus the Fox Marrakech and
Back" should no longer have audible hissing noises
between beeps when the game is using the PC speaker.
Increased DOS device limit, to avoid E_Exit() crash
if all LPT and COM devices are enabled along with
the new CLIP$ device.
Minimum MCB free default changed to better reflect
a typical MS-DOS setup with minimal to no drivers.
This should result in a report of 600K-ish memory
free, which is equivalent to Windows 95 without
anything loaded except COMMAND.COM.
DIR command now supports /S (search all directories)
as well as /A, /AS, /A-S, /AH, /A-H, /AR, /A-R, /AA,
/A-A options for file attribute support; Note that
DIR /A shows all files and directories whereas DIR
alone (without /A) shows all except system/hidden
ones as in a real DOS system (Wengier)
DIR command now shows the real free disk space on
local drives. It is possible to limit this free space
for certain programs with the -freesize option of
MOUNT command. A new config option "freesizecap" is
added to change the behavior of this option (Wengier)
DIR command fixed to show the volume label of the
drive you are listing, instead of always the current
drive (rderooy)
Various improvements to DEL and COPY commands, e.g.
fixed the DEL /P option having no effect, and "DEL ."
deleted all files in the current directory silently;
the COPY command now asks for confirmation before
overwriting files, and it now supports /Y and /-Y
options to change this behavior, which can also be
set from the COPYCMD environment variable. (Wengier)
Added or fixed help information and/or error messages
for some commands. (Wengier)
Added support for DOS programs to communicate
with the clipboard in Windows builds. If the
"dos clipboard device enable" setting in
dosbox-x.conf is set to "true" or "full", a DOS
device (default name: CLIP$) will be added to
allow bidirectional communications with the
clipboard (e.g. "DIR >CLIP$" will write the
output to the clipboard, and "TYPE CLIP$" will
show the clipboard contents). Alternatively,
you can set it to "read" or "write" to allow
only read or write access for security reasons.
The DOS device name can also be changed with
the "dos clipboard device name" setting in
dosbox-x.conf. (Wengier)
Added support for using the right mouse button
to copy and paste from the Windows clipboard; the
config option "clip_key_modifier" can be used to
change the keyboard modifier such as none, alt, ctrl,
shift, or disable this feature (default). (Wengier)
Updated the PasteClipboard feature in SDL1 build
to support Unicode text translations; also fixed this
feature not working in SDL2 build. The config option
"clip_paste_speed" is added to speed up or slow down
the pasting speed for different DOS programs (Wengier)
Support for DOSLIB2's w95sysrg/w95sysrs utils to
get/set system registry location in DOS 7+. (Wengier)
Long filename support added, adapted from
the vDosPlus project. It will be enabled with
an initial DOS version of 7.0 or higher. (Wengier)
Corrected return value when using option to
fake the installation of SHARE. (Allofich)
Added code to EMS emulation to print specific
debug information when a PC-98 specific call is
made to remap segment B000h to either system
memory or video memory. I do not have enough
test cases or a setup to test what really happens,
so it will remain a debug message for now.
Added dosbox-x.conf option to allow emulation of a
DOS environment that lacks ANSI.SYS. NOTE: The
option has no effect in PC-98 mode.
INT 2Fh now responds to AX=1A00h which is an installation
check to report whether ANSI.SYS is resident.
Added INT 21h debug logging for file I/O and general
INT 21h usage [patch by ognjenmi]. Added enables for
the logging which are off by default since the INT 21h
and file I/O logging are fairly noisy under normal
usage.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.83.0 2020-03-01 00:33

Published by joncampbell123 over 4 years ago

0.83.0

Added mt32.romdir dosbox.conf configuration option
for users who store the MT32 ROMs elsewhere other
than the current working directory.
Configuration GUI settings menu is now vertically
divided to ensure that it fits on the screen even
if the window is at minimum size.
PC-98 GDC status fixed to follow the explicit
definition of one bit as hblank and the other
as vsync instead of carrying over VGA port 3DAh
style logic of hblank/vblank vs vsync. This
fixes the BPS logo scanline effects in PC-98
game 'frontier-universe-bps-neo-kobe-pc98-ia'
Added dosbox.conf option to select between two
known behaviors in PC-98 mode regarding the PC
speaker and the PIT timer. The default behavior
follows the newer hardware, the alternate setting
is for older games written against the PC-9801
behavior.
Added dosbox.conf option nocachedir which, when
set, instructs MOUNT to automatically act as if
-nocachedir were given.
Linux/X11 SDL1 builds fixed not to issue resize
commands to the window to avoid fighting the
window manager. This prevents "spastic resizing"
under Gnome 3 in Centos 8.
Source tree now includes build script for Linux
users who prefer Clang/LLVM over GCC.

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.82.26 2020-01-31 17:18

Published by joncampbell123 over 4 years ago

0.82.26

Debugger console window fixed to choose a smaller
default size in Windows builds.
Debugger console window now resizes properly
in Windows builds.
Using F10 (step over) in the debugger to step
over INT 21h when a breakpoint for INT 21h is
set now works correctly, instead of letting the
instruction pointer "stick" there without moving.
Debugger interface now shows (running/watching)
while RUNWATCH is active.
Debugger interface now correctly shows (running)
status when F5 is used to resume emulation.
Debugger toggle reverts back to debugger interface
instead of running state if triggered during a
RUNWATCH command.
Fixed RUWNATCH command, which was broken by another
fix sometime back designed to stop PIC event
processing while in the debugger.
Debugger interface fixed to keep the SDL event
handling going during the "pager" routine to
prevent Windows from graying out the main window
as "not responding" in Windows 7/8/10.
Direct3D support has been fixed to properly render
pixel shaders again that were already written for
other forks.
Added "Rescan all drives" menu command and mapper
shortcut (Issue #1379 requested by saintfrater)

dosbox-x - DOSBox-X 0.82.25 2020-01-01 10:44

Published by joncampbell123 almost 5 years ago

0.82.25

Added 1920x1440 4:3 HD VESA BIOS mode and increased
scaler limits to support it.
VESA BIOS emulation now rejects video modes that
exceed the render scaler architecture's limits,
to avoid frozen screens if set. However, VESAMOED.COM
warns the user, so if the user ignores the warning,
VESA BIOS emulation will allow user-defined modes
that exceed the limits anyway.
VESAMOED.COM will now warn you if the custom mode
you modified exceeds the render scaler's limits.
VGA emulation now reports render scaler limits
in the logfile at startup, if debug logging is
enabled.
Render scaler code now logs a warning when it
rejects a video mode that exceeds the render
scaler limits.
S3 emulation now allows 16MB of video memory.
Due to continuous problems with DOS games and a
very long VESA modelist, the defaults for VESA
BIOS options in dosbox.conf have been changed to
limit the modelist to something a late 1990s
VESA BIOS would list. New defaults include a
maximum resolution of 1280x1024, the removal of
4bpp 16-color packed, unusual video modes,
"High Definition" TV broadcast modes, and the
extra explicitly defined 24bpp modes to complement
VBE1.2 32bpp modes. Those options remain
changeable and all limits can be lifted with
settings in dosbox.conf if wanted.
Allow using "" in the debugger to specify that
a hex value should be used rather than the
contents of the flag with that name. Allows
hex values of AC, AF, CF and DF to be directly
specified. (Allofich)
25.COM, 28.COM, and 50.COM now have different
versions for VGA, EGA, and other IBM compatible
video machines. 28.COM now correctly sets 28 lines
for machine=ega. CGA/MDA/Hercules/etc. still use
INT AX=3h for 25.COM.
Change 25.COM to use INT 10h AX=1114h (8x16) instead
of INT 10h AX=3 (set 80x25 mode).
INT 10h AX=1111h (8x14) and AX=1113h (8x8), related
to 28.COM and 50.COM, now range check the current
cursor row against number of rows to keep it on
screen.
Fixed ADDKEY "full" command not turning on the
full core when used with a delay. (Allofich)
INT 10h AX=101Ah Get Video DAC color-page state fixed
to restore display after blanking it due to Attribute
Controller read and write operations. This fixes
IBM PC compatible MS-DOS game "Blue Force".
Debugger: "VGA AC" now shows AC disable bits as well
as the internal state indicating whether the last
byte written to 3C0h was handled as the index.