ykhwong's DOSBox - Dos Emulator

Neil79 · 7 Jan 2011 at 23:56

I'm sure most of us have seen Dosbox, which plays Dos games even gog uses it, but there is another dosbox build that some might want to try out.

DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD. However, it is not restricted to running only games. In theory, any MS-DOS or PC-DOS (referred to commonly as "DOS") application should run in DOSBox, but the emphasis has been on getting DOS games to run smoothly, which means that communication, networking and printer support are still in early development.

This build is an enhanced SVN build which incorporates unofficial features and fixes that are not officially part of DOSBox

Included Patches:
Direct3D with pixelshaders, OpenglHQ, Innovation, Glide, zip/7z mount, Beep, NE2000 Ethernet, Graphis user interface (menu), Save/Load states, Vertical sync, CPU flags optimization, Various DOS commands (PROMP,T VOL, LABEL, MOUSE, etc) and CONFIG.SYS commands (DEVICE, BUFFERS, FILES, etc), Continuous turbo key, Core-switch key, Show details (from menu bar), Nice DOSBox icon, Font patch (cp437), COPY CON feature, MAKEIMG command, INTRO, Ctrl-break patch, DBCS support patch, Automatic mount, Printer output, MT-32, MP3CUE, Overscan, etc.

Latest version : http://www.emucr.com/2011/01/ykhwongs-dosbox-074-svn-build-04012011.html

gothic_hobbit · 11 Feb 2011 at 17:58

The download link is dead

Neil79 · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:01

Can't update the post anymore because emulator's are not allowed to be posted or discussed. Stupid hardcore rule but hey it's ocuk's forums not mine

orderoftheflame · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:14

Neil79 said:
Can't update the post anymore because emulator's are not allowed to be posted or discussed. Stupid hardcore rule but hey it's ocuk's forums not mine

Emulation is plenty allowed. Infringement of copyright is where the issues start.

Neil79 · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:17

orderoftheflame said:
Emulation is plenty allowed. Infringement of copyright is where the issues start.

No it's really not, trust me on this. Any discussion of emulation is removed, new rules enforced in the last month and a bit. It was fine ever since this year

Podmonkey · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:25

Even a dos emulator? dos... really? k

orderoftheflame · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:27

Neil79 said:
No it's really not, trust me on this. Any discussion of emulation is removed, new rules enforced in the last month and a bit. It was fine ever since this year

Got a link to these new rules?

Searching brings up plenty of discussion on perfectly legal emulation for me.

Neil79 · 11 Feb 2011 at 18:53

orderoftheflame said:
Got a link to these new rules?

Searching brings up plenty of discussion on perfectly legal emulation for me.

I feel like i'm being called a liar here, considering i made most of the emulation threads in the last year

Dark_Angel is the guy that said " We are making up a sticky regarding emulation rules " and " emulation discussion isn't allowed "
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/member.php?u=37506

orderoftheflame · 11 Feb 2011 at 19:26

Neil79 said:
I feel like i'm being called a liar here, considering i made most of the emulation threads in the last year

Dark_Angel is the guy that said " We are making up a sticky regarding emulation rules " and " emulation discussion isn't allowed "
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/member.php?u=37506

I'm just intrigued by the change around when there's so many threads on perfectly legal emulation. What does this blanket ban on emulation talk include? There's a few MAME cabinet builds in the console section that are great reads, is that now forbidden? What about virtual machines?

I can see threads that dissolve into discussion about modern console emulation (dolphin and such) that involve copyright infringement being rightly closed, as they should be. But a complete ban on any emulation talk seems a bit ott. Could do with a mod clarifying this. Emulation doesn't just cover playing rip off console games.

I can't find said sticky. :confused:

FoxEye · 11 Feb 2011 at 21:19

I don't think it's a 'new' rule... I made some (legal) emulation threads ages ago and they got pulled, IIRC. So at least they're consistent